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. 1981 Sep;73(9):887–888.

Pattern of Melanoma Incidence in Miami, Florida

Tim E Aldrich, Norberto Garcia
PMCID: PMC2552735  PMID: 7277525

Abstract

Although melanoma causes only 1.4 percent of cancers nationally, it accounts for 3.6 percent of cancers in southern Flordia. The authors conducted an incidence survey to determine if the distribution of melanoma was a function of population density, an outdoors lifestyle, or the presence of an older population.

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