Changing incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer in New Zealand

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 633-636

  Brougham, Nicholas D L ^a,b   Dennett, Elizabeth R ^b   Tan, Swee T ^a,b,c  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c GILLIES MCINDOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Incidence; Non melanoma; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052285639     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05583.x     Document Type: Article

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