Clinical-pathological comparison of clinical prostate cancer between Japanese Americans in Hawaii and Japanese living in Japan

International Journal of Andrology, Supplement

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 43-44

  Fukagai, Takashi ^a,b   Shimada, Makoto ^b   Yoshida, Hideki ^a   Namiki, Thomas ^b   Carlile, Robert G ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence rate; Japanese American; Pathology; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034077765     PISSN: 13504908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2000.00009.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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