Familial study of prostate cancer in Jamaica

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-443

  Glover Jr , Frank E ^b   Coffey, Donald S ^b   Douglas, L Lawson ^b   Russell, Hope ^b   Cadigan, Mark ^b   Tulloch, Trevor ^b   Wedderburn, Keith ^b   Wan, Robert L ^b   Baker, Timothy D ^b   Walsh, Patrick C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032168445     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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