Benign prostatic hyperplasia morbidity and mortality among immigrants in Australia and Canada

Prostate

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Kliewer, Erich V ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnicity; hypertrophy; prostate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029873669     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199604)28:4<211::AID-PROS1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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