International trends in prostate-cancer mortality in the "PSA ERA"

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 893-898

  Oliver, Steven E ^a   May, Margaret T ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasm; Time trends

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035876973     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1260     Document Type: Article

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