The epidemiology of prostate cancer in Jamaica

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1984-1987

  Glover Jr , Frank E ^a   Coffey, Donald S ^a   Douglas, L Lawson ^a   Cadogan, Mark ^a   Russell, Hope ^a   Tulloch, Trevor ^a   Baker, Timothy D ^a   Wan, Robert L ^a   Walsh, Patrick C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hereditary diseases; Negroid race; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0344938179     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63220-8     Document Type: Article

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