Incidence of surgically treated benign prostatic hypertrophy and of prostate cancer among blacks and whites in a prepaid health care plan

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 825-829

  Sidney, Stephen ^a   Quesenberry, Charles P ^a   Sadler, Marianne C ^a   Guess, Harry A ^b   Lydick, Eva G ^b   Cattolica, Eugene V ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Prostatic hypertrophy; Prostatic neoplasms; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLACKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SELECTION BIAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WHITES;

EID: 0025718971     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116157     Document Type: Article

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