Low Risks at High Latitudes. Does the Arctic Hold Clues to Prostate Cancer?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-

  Erren, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ARCTIC REGIONS; DARKNESS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746841913     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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