Decrease in mortality from benign prostatic hyperplasia: A major unheralded health triumph

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 176-180

  Boyle, Peter ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^a   Steg, Adolphe ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mortality; Prostatic diseases; Prostatic hypertrophy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURVIVAL;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029655439     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66587-X     Document Type: Article

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