Family history and prostate cancer risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1041-1047

  Lesko, Samuel M ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Shapiro, Samuel ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiologic factors; family; men; prostatic neoplasms; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029807693     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008876     Document Type: Article

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