Declining effect of latitude on melanoma mortality rates in the United States: A preliminary study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-417

  Lee, John A H ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Melanoma; Mortality; Sunlight; Time; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; UNITED STATES;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MELANOMA MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATES;

USA;

EID: 0030609738     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009294     Document Type: Article

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