Melanoma incidence rates in active duty military personnel compared with a population-based registry in the United States, 2000–2007

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 247-253

  Lea, Suzanne C ^a   Efird, Jimmy T ^a   Toland, Amanda E ^b   Lewis, Denise R ^c   Phillips, Christopher J ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901988814     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00356     Document Type: Article

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