Predictors of neighborhood risk for late-stage melanoma: Addressing disparities through spatial analysis and area-based measures

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 937-945

  Hu, Shasa ^a,b   Sherman, Recinda ^a,b   Arheart, Kristopher ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897066167     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.465     Document Type: Article

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