International trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma 1953–2008—are recent generations at higher or lower risk?

The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma has steadily increased over the past 50 years in predominately fair‐skinned populations. This increase is reported to have leveled off recently in several Northern and Western European countries, Australia, New Zealand and in North America. We studied th...

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Published in:	International journal of cancer Vol. 132; no. 2; pp. 385 - 400
Main Authors:	Erdmann, Friederike, Lortet‐Tieulent, Joannie, Schüz, Joachim, Zeeb, Hajo, Greinert, Rüdiger, Breitbart, Eckhard W., Bray, Freddie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.01.2013 Wiley-Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adult Age Aged Biological and medical sciences birth cohorts Cancer Dermatology Female global Global Health - history Global Health - trends History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Incidence Male malignant melanoma Medical sciences Melanoma Melanoma - epidemiology Melanoma - history Middle Aged Risk Risk factors Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology Skin Neoplasms - history Sunscreen time trends Tropical medicine Tumors Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions New Zealand Canada United States Europe America Australia North America Oceania USA Norway Israel PSE, Australia Human time trends Skin disease birth cohorts global Malignant tumor Epidemiology Time variation Skin cancer Incidence Cancerology Risk factor Malignant melanoma Birth cohort Public health Cancer
ISSN:	0020-7136, 1097-0215, 1097-0215
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