Anatomic distribution of malignant melanoma on the non-Hispanic black patient, 1998-2007

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 797-801

  Myles, Zachary M ^a   Buchanan, Natasha ^a   King, Jessica B ^a   Singh, Simple ^a   White, Arica ^a   Wu, Manxia ^a   Ajani, Umed ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BLACK PATIENT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRUNK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863893901     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.3227     Document Type: Article

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