Comparison of regional and state differences in melanoma rates in the United States: 2003 vs 2013

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 345-347

  Mounessa, Jessica S ^a,b   Caravaglio, Joseph Vincent ^c   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015308111     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.4625     Document Type: Letter

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