Erratum: International Journal of Cancer (2013) 132:2 (486-94) doi: 10.1002/ijc.28031);Country of origin, age at migration and risk of cutaneous melanoma: A migrant cohort study of 1,100,000 Israeli men

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 486-494

  Levine, Hagai ^a,b   Afek, Arnon ^c   Shamiss, Ari ^c,d   Derazne, Estela ^a,c   Tzur, Dorit ^a   Astman, Nadav ^a   Keinan Boker, Lital ^e,f   Mimouni, Daniel ^c,g   Kark, Jeremy D ^b  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e National Cancer Registry   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^g RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

environmental health; epidemiology; melanoma; migration; origin; young men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIGRATION; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 84877832464     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28460     Document Type: Erratum

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