Malignant melanoma in Chile: An unusual distribution of primary sites in men from low socioeconomic strata

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-338

  Zemelman, V ^a,c   Roa, J ^b   Tagle, S Ruiz ^a   Valenzuela, C Y ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHEEK; CHILE; EAR; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE;

CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33645331195     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.02038.x     Document Type: Review

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