Spatial clusters and temporal trends of malignant melanoma mortality in Ecuador

Objective: The aim of this study is two fold. First, it describes the temporal trends of malignant melanoma mortality from 2000 to 2016 in Ecuador. Second, it analyzes the spatial clusters of high mortality rates due to malignant melanoma in the country, from 2011 to 2016. Methods: This is an ecolog...

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Main Authors: Solange Núñez-González, Estefania Bedoya, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Christopher Gault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-05-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312120918285