Risk of prostate cancer in men who are childless [2]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 786-787

  Negri, Eva ^a   Talamini, Renato ^b   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30444439052     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21369     Document Type: Letter

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