Prostate cancer risks three-fold higher among men, aged 50-64, of African descent compared with men of Asian-Indian descent in Trinidad and Tobago

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Bunker, Clareann ^a   Patrick, Alan L ^c   Maharaj, Gloria ^d   Keenan, Hillary A ^a   Ramnarine, Sham ^d   Belle, Andrew ^c   Richard, Jean Robert ^c   Dhir, Rajiv ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tobago Regional Health Authority   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d Caroni Limited Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

African descent; Asian Indian descent; Prostate cancer; Screening prevalence

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0036762967     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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