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Recent declines in worldwide mortality from cutaneous melanoma in youth and middle age

  1. Carlo La Vecchia1,2,
  2. Franca Lucchini3,
  3. Eva Negri1,
  4. Fabio Levi3,*

Article first published online: 8 NOV 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<62::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-2

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 81, Issue 1, pages 62–66, 31 March 1999

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La Vecchia, C., Lucchini, F., Negri, E. and Levi, F. (1999), Recent declines in worldwide mortality from cutaneous melanoma in youth and middle age. Int. J. Cancer, 81: 62–66. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<62::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-2

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  1. 1

    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

  2. 2

    Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

  3. 3

    Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne, Switzerland

*Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Falaises 1, Casier 15, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Fax: (41) 21-323-0303.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 NOV 1999
  2. Article first published online: 8 NOV 1999
  3. Manuscript Revised: 3 NOV 1998
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 OCT 1998

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  • Swiss Foundation for Cancer Research. Grant Number: KFS 497-9-1997
  • Italian Association for Cancer Research

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