The experience of Japan as a clue to the etiology of testicular and prostatic cancers

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 724-730

  Ganmaa, D ^a   Li, X M ^a   Qin, L Q ^a   Wang, P Y ^a   Takeda, M ^a   Sato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; DIET; EGG; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MILK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; WAR;

EID: 0037402423     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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