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Ancestry reported by white adults with cutaneous melanoma and control subjects in central Alabama.
BMC cancer - 13 Aug 2004
Acton Ronald T, Barton Ellen H, Hollowell William W, Dreibelbis Amy L, Go Rodney C P, Barton James C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We sought to evaluate the hypothesis that the high incidence of cutaneous melanoma in white persons in central Alabama is associated with a predominance of Irish and Scots descent. METHODS: Frequencies of country of ancestry reports were tabulated. The reports were also converted to scores that reflect proportional countries of ancestry in individuals. Using the scores, we computed aggregate country...
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