Cutaneous melanoma in Latin America: The need for more data

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-438

  Schmerling, Rafael A ^a   Loria, Dora ^b   Cinat, Gabriela ^b   Ramos, Wilmer E ^c   Cardona, Andrés F ^d   Sánchez, Jorge L ^e   Martinez Said, Hector ^f   Buzaid, Antonio C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO JOSÉ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^e Hospital Oncológico Dr Isaac González Martínez   (Puerto Rico)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Incidence; Information systems; Latin America; Melanoma; Mexico; Mortality; Puerto Rico; Risk; Skin neoplasms; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CANCER; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; OZONE DEPLETION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUERTO RICO; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84856032905     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892011001100005     Document Type: Article

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