Uveal melanoma in England: Trends over time and geographical variation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1415-1419

  Keenan, Tiarnan D L ^a   Yeates, David ^b   Goldacre, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHOROID CANCER; CILIARY BODY CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868087104     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301812     Document Type: Article

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