An increasing incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma had been observed in the Netherlands. Therefore, between 1989 and 1992 a preventive skin cancer campaign was organized in part of western Netherlands. The effect of this screening campaign has yet to be evaluated by investigating the distributi
Increase in and stabilization of incidence and mortality of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma in western Netherlands, 1980–95
✍ Scribed by VAN DER RHEE; VAN DER SPEK-KEIJSER; VAN WESTERING; COEBERGH
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 140
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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