Family history of prostate cancer: A multi-center case-control study in Canada

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 679-681

  Ghadirian, R ^a,e   Howe, G R ^b   Hislop, T G ^c   Maisonneuve, P ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^b Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^e Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 1842411283     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970317)70:6<679::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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