Trends in the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer in Denmark 1978-2007: Rapid incidence increase among young Danish women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2190-2198

  Birch Johansen, Fatima ^a   Jensen, Allan ^a   Mortensen, Lone ^a   Olesen, Anne Braae ^b   Kjr, Susanne K ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; Denmark; incidence; nonmelanoma skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREND STUDY; AGE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; SKIN TUMOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956628416     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25411     Document Type: Article

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