Epidemiologic evidence regarding predisposing factors to prostate cancer

The Prostate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 187-197

  Carter, Bob S ^a   Ballantine Carter, H ^a   Isaacs, John T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental risk factors; epidemiology; genetic risk factors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CAUSALITY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; HORMONES; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0025295623     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: 10970045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.2990160302     Document Type: Article

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