Racial variation in the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1960-1963

  Porter, Michael P ^a   Voigt, Lynda F ^a   Penson, David F ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Bladder; Carcinoma, squamous cell; SEER Program; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036837282     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64272-3     Document Type: Article

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