Socioeconomic status and survival in older patients with melanoma

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1758-1764

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; Melanoma; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; SCREENING; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750515678     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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