Cutaneous malignant melanoma among white Hispanics and non-Hispanics in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Merrill, Ray M ^a   Pace, Nelson D ^a   Elison, Ashley N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Melanoma; Prognostic indicators; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURGERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952663232     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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