Vasectomy and risk of prostate cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 881-886

  Stanford, Janet L ^a,b   Wicklund, Kristine G ^a   McKnight, Barbara ^b   Daling, Janet R ^a,b   Brawer, Michael K ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0032735626     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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