Epidemiology of cutaneous melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique)

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-68

  Garsaud, Philippe ^a   Boisseau Garsaud, Anne Marie ^a   Ossondo, Marlène ^a   Azaloux, Hervé ^a   Escarmant, Patrick ^a   Mab, Guillaume Le ^a   Zimmermann, Sylvie ^a   Saint Cyr, Alain ^a   Quist, Danielle ^a   Hélénon, Raymond ^a   Jouannelle, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Blacks; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MELANOMA; NEGRO; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031963253     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009368     Document Type: Article

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