Melanoma epidemiology

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-182

  Berwick, Marianne ^a   Halpern, Allan ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031011156     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199703000-00013     Document Type: Short Survey

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