Vasectomy and prostate cancer: A case-control study in India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 933-938

  Platz, E A ^a   Yeole, B B ^b   Cho, E ^a   Jussawalla, D J ^b   Giovannucci, E ^a,c   Ascherio, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Bombay Cancer Registry   (India)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; India; Prostate cancer; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TIME; VASECTOMY;

ASIA; BIAS; BIOLOGY; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ERROR SOURCES; FAMILY PLANNING; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, MALE; INDIA; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MALE STERILIZATION; MEASUREMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTATE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VASECTOMY--SIDE EFFECTS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0030662057     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.933     Document Type: Article

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