Secular trend and age-period-cohort analysis of prostate cancer mortality in Taiwan

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1845-1848

  Chang, Chin Kuo ^b   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a   Chan, Kin Wei A ^b   Lai, Ming Kuen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age factors; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0030860397     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64143-0     Document Type: Article

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