Slip! Slap! Slop! Cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and social status in New Zealand, 1995-2000

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-252

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Barnett, Ross ^a   Kingham, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Melanoma; New Zealand; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33644964292     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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