Cutaneous melanoma and other skin cancer screening among hispanics in the united states: A review of the evidence, disparities, and need for expanding the intervention and research agendas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 743-745

  Andreeva, Valentina A ^a,b   Cockburn, Myles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959391094     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.140     Document Type: Letter

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