Geographic distribution of prostate cancer incidence in the era of PSA testing, Connecticut, 1984 to 1998

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Gregorio, David I ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^a   Sheehan, T Joseph ^a   Samociuk, Holly ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742272183     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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