title: Basal-cell carcinoma in temperate and tropical Australia.
abstract: The clinical features of patients with basal-cell carcinoma (BCC) living in temperate and tropical Australia were studied. In the temperate zone the patients were considerably older on average, men outnumbered women and there were differences between the sexes in the site of the prevalent BCC. In the tropics the patients were significantly younger on average, the male-to-female ratio approached unity and there were no differences between the sexes with regard to the site of the BCC.
authors.affiliation: Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czarnecki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meehan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leahy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology; D002980:Climate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014329:Tropical Climate