40-Year trends in skin cancer in British Columbia, Canada, 1973 to 2003

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-91

  McLean, David I ^a,b   Phillips, Norm ^a,b   Zhou, Youwen ^a,b   Gallagher, Richard ^a,b   Lee, Tim K ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ASIAN; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SUN EXPOSURE; TREND STUDY; TRUNK;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860345040     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2011.11001     Document Type: Review

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