Current data on risk factor estimates does not explain the difference in rates of melanoma between hispanics and non-hispanic whites

Journal of Skin Cancer

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kamath, Sonia ^a   Miller, Kimberly A ^a   Cockburn, Myles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NON HISPANIC WHITE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994072121     PISSN: 20902905     EISSN: 20902913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/2105250     Document Type: Article

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