A case-control study of cancer of the prostate in Somerset and east Devon

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-666

  Ewings, P ^a,b   Bowie, C ^a  

^a Somerset Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control; Farming; Prostate cancer; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0029781285     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.418     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. ALDERSON M. (1986). Occupational Cancer. Butterworths: London.
2. BRESLOW NE AND DAY NE. (1982). Statistical Methods in Cancer Research, Vol. 1-The Analysis of Case-control Studies. IARC Scientific Publications No 32. IARC: Lyon.
3. DEAN AG, DEAN JA, BURTON AH AND DICKER RC. (1990). Epi Info, Version 5: A Word Processing Database and Statistics Program for Epidemiology on Microcomputers. USD, Incorporated, Stone Mountain, GA, USA.
4. FRANCIS B, GREEN M AND PAYNE C (EDS) (1993). The GLIM System release 4 manual. Clarendon Press: Oxford.
5. GARDNER MJ, WINTER PD, TAYLOR CP AND ACHESON ED. (1983). The Atlas of Cancer Mortality in England and Wales 1968-78. Wiley: Chichester.
6. GIOVANNUCCI E, TOSTESON TD, SPEIZER FE, ASCHERIO A AND VESSEY MP. (1993a). A retrospective cohort study of vasectomy and prostate cancer in U.S. men. JAMA, 269, 878-882.
7. GIOVANNUCCI E, ASCHERIO A, RIMM EB, COLDITZ GA, STAMPFER MJ AND WILLETT WC. (1993b). A prospective cohort study of vasectomy and prostate cancer in U.S. men. JAMA, 269, 873-877.
8. JAMES WH. (1987). Prostatic cancer, butchers and androgens (letter). Lancet, 1, 216-217.
9. KAY H, BOWIE C AND EWINGS P. (1989). A Case-control Study to Investigate the Epidemiology of Cancer of the Prostate in Somerset and East Devon- Protocol. Somerset Health Authority: Taunton, Somerset, UK.
10. KINLEN LJ. (1987). Butchers and prostate cancer (letter). Lancet, 1, 629.
11. MISHINA T, WATANABE H, ARAKI H AND NAKAO M. (1985). Epidemiological study of prostatic cancer by matched-pair analysis. Prostate, 6, 423-436.
12. NEWELL GR, FUEGER JJ, SPITZ MR AND BABAIAN RJ. (1989). A case-control study of prostate cancer. Am. J. Epidemiol., 130, 395-398.
13. NIENHUIS H, GOLDACRE M, SEAGROATT V, GILL L AND VESSEY M. (1992). Incidence of disease after vasectomy: a record linkage retrospective cohort study. Br. Med. J., 304, 743-746.
14. OFFICE OF POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS. (1993). Cancer Statistics-Registrations. MB1 No. 20 1987. HMSO: London.
15. OFFICE OF POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS. (1993). Mortality Statistics-Cause. DH2 No 18 1991. HMSO: London.
16. ROSS RK, PAGANINI-HILL A AND HENDERSON BE. (1983). The etiology of prostate cancer: what does the epidemiology suggest? Prostate, 4, 333-344.
17. SCHLESSELMAN JJ. (1982). Case-control Studies: Design, Conduct, Analysis. Oxford University Press: New York.
18. SCHUMAN LM (ED). (1993). Health status of American men-a study of post-vasectomy sequelae. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 46, 697-927.
19. SIDNEY S, QUESENBERRY CP, SADLER MC, GUESS HA, LYDICK EG AND CATTOLICA EV. (1991). Vasectomy and the risk of prostate cancer in a cohort of multiphasic health-checkup examinees: second report. Cancer Causes Control, 2, 113-116.