Disparity in melanoma: A trend analysis of melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis among whites, Hispanics, and blacks in Florida

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1369-1374

  Hu, Shasa ^a,b   Parmet, Yisrael ^c   Allen, Glenn ^a,b   Parker, Dorothy F ^a,b   Ma, Fangchao ^d   Rouhani, Panta ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73149092967     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.302     Document Type: Article

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