A comparison of Merkel cell carcinoma and melanoma: Results from the California Cancer Registry

Clinical Medicine: Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 327-333

  Grabowski, Julia ^a   Saltzstein, Sidney L ^a,b   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b   Tahir, Zunera ^b   Blair, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

California cancer registry; Melanoma; Merkel cell carcinoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903532646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11779314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/cmo.s423     Document Type: Article

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