Seasonality of cutaneous melanoma diagnosis in Northern Ireland with a review

Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Chaillol, Isabelle ^a   Boniol, Mathieu ^a   Middleton, Richard ^c   Doré, Jean Francois ^b   Autier, Philippe ^a   Gavin, Anna ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body site; Breslow thickness; incidence; melanoma; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952985429     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328343a619     Document Type: Article

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