Risk factors for prostate cancer: A case-control study in Greece

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 699-703

  Hsieh, C C ^a   Thanos, A ^b   Mitropoulos, D ^c   Deliveliotis, Ch ^c   Mantzoros, C S ^d   Trichopoulos, D ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Immunology Laboratory   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREECE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALOPECIA; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS INDEX; COFFEE; DEFECATION; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032956729     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<699::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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