Melanoma incidence and mortality among US whites, 1969-1999 [4]

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1719-1720

  Geller, Alan C ^a   Miller, Donald R ^a   Annas, George David ^a   Demierre, Marie France ^a   Gilchrest, Barbara A ^a   Koh, Howard K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037048639     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.14.1719     Document Type: Letter

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