Fatherhood status and prostate cancer risk

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 919-923

  Jørgensen, Kristian T ^a   Pedersen, Bo V ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^b   Frisch, Morten ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fatherhood status; Number of children; Offspring sex ratio; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FATHER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049154535     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23230     Document Type: Article

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