Place of Residence Effect on Likelihood of Surviving Prostate Cancer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 520-524

  Gregorio, David I ^a   Huang, Lan ^a   DeChello, Laurie M ^a   Samociuk, Holly ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Prostate Cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250779269     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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