Prediagnostic Serum Hormones and the Risk of Prostate cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 3515-3517

  Nomura, Abraham ^a   Heilbrun, Lance K ^a   Stemmermann, Grant N ^a   Judd, Howard L ^b  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER;

ESTROGENS; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0023894263     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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