Seasonal variation in Skin cancer diagnosis

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bianconi, Fortunato ^a   Masanotti, Giuseppe M ^a   Liso, Arcangelo ^b   Rosa, Francesco La ^a   Duca, Emilio ^c   Stracci, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Regional Government of Umbria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cancer registry; Melanoma; Seasonal variation; Skin cancers; UV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014301761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00078     Document Type: Article

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