Does deprivation of area of residence influence the incidence, tumour site or T stage of cutaneous malignant melanoma? A population-based and clinical database study

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 574-577

  Grunewald, T ^a   Davies, E ^a   Mak, V ^a   Russell Jones, R ^b   Acland, K ^b   Moller H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34547739541     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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