Assessment of the Effect of Migration on Melanoma Incidence Trends in Australia Between 1982 and 2010 Among People Under 30

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 118-120

  Baade, Peter D ^a,b   Youlden, Danny R ^a   Youl, Philippa ^a,b   Kimlin, Michael ^a   Sinclair, Craig ^c   Aitken, Joanne ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MELANOMA; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918800457     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1983     Document Type: Letter

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