Vital signs: Melanoma incidence and mortality trends and projections — United States, 1982–2030

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 591-596

  Guy, Gery P ^a   Thomas, Cheryll C ^a   Thompson, Trevor ^a   Watson, Meg ^a   Massetti, Greta M ^a   Richardson, Lisa C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931050538     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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