Developing epidemic of melanoma in the hispanic population of California

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1162-1168

  Cockburn, Myles G ^a,b   Zadnick, John ^a   Deapen, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MC 9175 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Hispanic; Melanoma; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TIME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644501124     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21654     Document Type: Article

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