Acta Med. 2020, 63: 10-17

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2020.10

Epidemiology of Melanoma in the Czech Republic in East Bohemia in the Period 2002–2017 and the Effect of the Annual Sunshine Exposure

Jarmila Čelakovskáa, Josef Bukačb, Lenka Čákováa, Marie Šimkováa, Eva Jandováa

aDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty Hospital and Medical Faculty of Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Medical Faculty of Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received November 1, 2019
Accepted February 4, 2020

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