The melanoma epidemic: reality and artefact
BMJPublished 20 January 1996Open access
Jonathan L. Rees
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E Epidemiological studies show a dramatic increase in histologically confirmed melanomas and raise the important questions of whether the increase is real or a diagnostic artefact and whether the authors should reconsider the relation between sun exposure and melanoma.
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