Clustering of cutaneous melanoma in health care workers of a dermatological day hospital unit

Dermatology

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-284

  Paradisi, Andrea ^a   Abeni, Damiano ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Dermatological hospital; Health care workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DAY HOSPITAL; DERMATOLOGICAL DAY HOSPITAL; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; SELF REPORT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84902536472     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356179     Document Type: Article

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