Is it reporting bias doubled the risk of prostate cancer in vasectomised men in Mumbai, India?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 320-325

  Sunny, Lizzy ^a  

^a Indian Cancer Society   (India)

Author keywords

Case control; Prostate cancer; Reporting bias; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; VASECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 32944479222     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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