Skin biopsy rates and incidence of melanoma: Population based ecological study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7515, 2005, Pages 481-484

  Welch, H Gilbert ^a,b   Woloshin, Steven ^a   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344455659     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38516.649537.E0     Document Type: Article

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