Is season important for the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma in southern Brazil? A 10-year hospital-based study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-47

  Bakos, Lucio ^a   Masiero, Nathália C M S ^a   Burttet, Renata M ^a   Moreira, Laura M ^a   Santos, Karla O ^a   Brunetto, Leticia T ^a   Benzano, Daniela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149104613     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04174.x     Document Type: Article

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