Time trends in the incidence of conjunctival melanoma in Sweden

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1524-1528

  Triay, E ^a   Bergman, L ^a   Nilsson, B ^b   All Ericsson, C ^a   Seregard, S ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA MELANOMA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350460029     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.157933     Document Type: Article

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