Association between Agent Orange and prostate cancer: A pilot case-control study

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 757-760

  Giri, Veda Nargund ^b   Cassidy, Andrea E ^b   Beebe Dimmer, Jennifer ^b   Smith, David C ^b   Bock, Cathryn H ^b   Cooney, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; SOLDIER;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 1842739134     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.11.044     Document Type: Article

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