Melanoma epidemic: Facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-286

  Erickson, Corinne ^a   Driscoll, Marcia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953589063     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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