Socioeconomic status and choroidal melanoma in Scotland

David Lockington; Vikas Chadha; Heather Russell; David Young; Paul Cauchi; Ewan Kemp

doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.407

Socioeconomic status and choroidal melanoma in Scotland

David Lockington
, Vikas Chadha
, Heather Russell
, David Young
, Paul Cauchi
, Ewan Kemp

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Abstract

The adverse effect of socioeconomic deprivation on health and mortality is well recognized in the United Kingdom, particularly for health inequalities in Scotland.1-2 We evaluated the demographic characteristics and audited the management of our patients with choroidal melanoma at the only ocular oncology tertiary referral center in Scotland.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-384
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Ophthalmology
Volume	128
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.407
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Choroid Neoplasms
female
humans
incidence
male
melanoma
middle aged
retrospective studies
Scotland
social class
visual acuity
waiting lists

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