Melanoma-related mortality and productivity losses in the USA, 1990-2008

Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-335

  Bristow, Benjamin N ^a   Casil, Janice ^b   Sorvillo, Frank ^c,d   Basurto Dávila, Ricardo ^c   Kuo, Tony ^b,e  

^a Preventive Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

^c Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost analysis; cost of illness; malignant melanoma; mortality; mortality trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RACE; SEX; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879984965     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328361926c     Document Type: Article

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