Melanoma in skin of color in Connecticut: An analysis of melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis in non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites, and Hispanics

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-433

  Clairwood, Marimeg ^a   Ricketts, Janelle ^a   Grant Kels, Jane ^a   Gonsalves, Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Tumor Registry State of Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN ULCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896488805     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05713.x     Document Type: Article

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