Migration and melanoma incidence rates among Washington state counties

Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 312-320

  Chan, Victor ^a   Thompson, Ian ^b   Whitney, David ^a   Switzer, Michael ^a   Anderson, Amy D ^a   Smits, Shelly ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

demographic data; multiple regression; skin cancer; socioeconomic status; time trends; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MELANOMA; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84879963449     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3283616783     Document Type: Article

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