Incidence, prevalence and future trends of primary basal cell carcinoma in the Netherlands

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Flohil, Sophie C ^a   de Vries, Esther ^a,c   Neumann, Martino ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^b,c   Nijsten, Tamar ^a  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751479219     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1009     Document Type: Article

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