Radical prostatectomy: Geographic and demographic variation

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-115

  Lai, Shenghan ^a   Lai, Hong ^c   Krongrad, Arnon ^b   Lamm, Steven ^d   Schwade, James ^c   Roos, Bernard A ^b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Epidemiology and Global Health   (United States)

^e Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034122620     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(00)00557-4     Document Type: Article

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