Trends in melanoma mortality among non-hispanic whites by educational attainment, 1993-2007

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-591

  Cokkinides, Vilma E ^a   Geller, Alan C ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861350583     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.2779     Document Type: Article

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