Recent trend in the incidence of premalignant and malignant skin lesions in Korea between 1991 and 2006

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 924-929

  Kim, Hei Sung ^a   Cho, Eun Ah ^a   Bae, Jung Min ^a   Yu, Dong Soo ^a   Oh, Shin Taek ^a   Kang, Hoon ^a   Park, Chul Jong ^a   Lee, Jeong Deuk ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^a   Kim, Si Yong ^a   Kim, Hyung Ok ^a   Park, Young Min ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incidence; Korea; Skin Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; PRECANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SOUTH KOREA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MELANOMA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956406616     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.6.924     Document Type: Article

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