Geographic distribution of melanoma in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 617-618

  Yin, Natalie ^a   Parker, Dorothy F ^b   Hu, Shasa ^a,b   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956135677     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.412     Document Type: Letter

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