Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland

Deaths from malignant melanoma in each part of the British Isles between 1969 and 1984 have been examined. There has been a substantial increase of deaths among women in each part, and an increase of similar magnitude among men in all areas except Northern Ireland. It is suggested that this differen...

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Autor principal: McKee, C M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3420723
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description Deaths from malignant melanoma in each part of the British Isles between 1969 and 1984 have been examined. There has been a substantial increase of deaths among women in each part, and an increase of similar magnitude among men in all areas except Northern Ireland. It is suggested that this difference requires further study. The increasing number of deaths from this disease indicates a need for greater public and professional awareness of this potentially preventable and curable condition.
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spelling pubmed-24484852008-07-10 Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland McKee, C M Ulster Med J Articles Deaths from malignant melanoma in each part of the British Isles between 1969 and 1984 have been examined. There has been a substantial increase of deaths among women in each part, and an increase of similar magnitude among men in all areas except Northern Ireland. It is suggested that this difference requires further study. The increasing number of deaths from this disease indicates a need for greater public and professional awareness of this potentially preventable and curable condition. 1988-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2448485/ /pubmed/3420723 Text en
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Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title_full Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title_fullStr Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title_short Increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in Northern Ireland
title_sort increasing mortality from malignant melanoma among women in northern ireland
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