Prostate cancer in Nigerians: Facts and nonfacts

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1340-1343

  Osegbe, D N ^a  

^a LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

blacks; carcinoma; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0030940431     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64966-8     Document Type: Article

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