Costs of illness for melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer in Denmark

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 569-576

  Bentzen, Joan ^a   Kjellberg, Jakob ^b   Thorgaard, Camilla ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^a   Phillip, Anja ^a   Storm, Hans H ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; prevention; registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885089614     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328360150c     Document Type: Article

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