Socioeconomic status and cutaneous malignant melanoma in Northern Europe

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 787-793

  Idorn, L W ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEISURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84922132636     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12800     Document Type: Article

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