Malignant melanoma in non-Caucasians: Experience from Hawaii

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-282

  Johnson, David Scott ^a   Yamane, Shane ^a   Morita, Shane ^b   Yonehara, Cyndee ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DIFFERENCE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037399330     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00093-2     Document Type: Review

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