Epidemiology of malignant melanoma

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1205-1222

  Liu, T ^a   Soong, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030472614     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70511-9     Document Type: Article

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