Association of increased dermatologist density with lower melanoma mortality

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-178

  Aneja, Savina ^a   Aneja, Sanjay ^b   Bordeaux, Jeremy S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALASKAN NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGIST DENSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857400601     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.345     Document Type: Article

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