The diagnosis of renal cell cancer in relation to hypertension (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 611-614

  Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Stephenson, Wendy P ^b   Rao, R Sowmya ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Strom, Brian L ^c   Shapiro, Samuel ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma renal cell; Hypertension; Kidney neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BALTIMORE; BOSTON; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032414667     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008830431939     Document Type: Article

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