Cigarette smoking as a predictor of death from prostate cancer in 348,874 men screened for the multiple risk factor intervention trial

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1002-1006

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a   Neaton, James D ^b   Sengupta, Anjana ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; diabetes mellitus; prostatic neoplasms; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029924584     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008663     Document Type: Article

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