A population-based study of cutaneous melanoma in Alberta, Canada (1993-2002)

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Metelitsa, Andrei I ^a   Dover, Douglas C ^b   Smylie, Michael ^c   de Gara, Chris J ^a   Lauzon, Gilles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^c CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INVASION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73649145445     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.01.047     Document Type: Article

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