Skin cancer in asians part 2: Melanoma

Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 34-36

  Bellew, Susun ^a   del Rosso, James Q ^a,b   Kim, Grace K ^b  

^a VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mohave Skin and Cancer Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954252470     PISSN: 19412789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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