Downward trend in prostate cancer mortality in Quebec and Canada

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1189-1191

  Meyer, François ^a   Moore, Lynne ^a   Bairati, Isabelle ^a   Fradet, Yves ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mortality; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0032871236     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61628-8     Document Type: Article

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