Seasonality of cutaneous melanoma diagnoses: A comprehensive comparison of results in Bavaria and Northern Ireland

Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-330

  Keller, Andrea K ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette B ^a   Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Population Based Cancer Registry Bavaria   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breslow thickness; diagnosis; malignant melanoma; seasonal variations; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; TUMOR INVASION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879926963     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3283619251     Document Type: Article

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