Vietnam military service history and prostate cancer

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Justine, Leavy ^a   Gina, Ambrosini ^a   Lin, Fritschi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILITARY SERVICE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIET NAM;

EID: 33645799996     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-75     Document Type: Article

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