Socioeconomic status and the prevalence of melanoma in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Haider, Aamir ^a,b   Mamdani, Muhammad ^a   Shear, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247853572     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2007.00001     Document Type: Article

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