Vasectomy and the risk of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis examining vasectomy status, age at vasectomy, and time since vasectomy

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-203

  Dennis, L K ^a   Dawson, D V ^b   Resnick, M I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Prostatic neoplasms; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASECTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0036388330     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500586     Document Type: Article

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