Nutritional and socioeconomic factors in relation to prostate cancer mortality: A cross-national study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1637-1647

  Hebert, James R ^a   Hurley, Thomas G ^a   Olendzki, Barbara C ^a   Teas, Jane ^a   Ma, Yunsheng ^a   Hampl, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0032483683     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.21.1637     Document Type: Article

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