The lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer in white and black men

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 763-768

  Merrill, Ray M ^a   Weed, Douglas L ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030828871     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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