Geographically based investigation of prostate cancer mortality in four U.S. northern plain states

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Rusiecki, Jennifer A ^a,e   Kulldorff, Martin ^b   Nuckols, John R ^c   Song, Changhong ^d   Ward, Mary H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WHEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MONTANA; MORTALITY; NORTH DAKOTA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOUTH DAKOTA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 31744433537     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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