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Declining Effect of Latitude on Melanoma Mortality Rates in the United States: A Preliminary Study
1997
American Journal of Epidemiology
The gradient of mortality from melanoma of the skin with latitude among US whites was estimated from the slopes of semilogarithmic models fitted to the state-specific mortality rates and the latitudes of the states' capital cities. The upward gradient of mortality from north to south for malignant melanoma of the skin has been decreasing since 1950-1959, when data first became available, through 1960-1969, 1970-1979, and 1988-1992. By the early years of the 21 st century, rates of melanoma
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009294
pmid:9290501
fatcat:7dgant42nrdybnbkmza27lztxa