Cancer surveillance series: Changing patterns of cutaneous malignant melanoma mortality rates among whites in the United States

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 811-818

  Jemal, Ahmedin ^a,b   Devesa, Susan S ^a   Fears, Thomas R ^a   Hartge, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034679024     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/92.10.811     Document Type: Article

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