Vasectomy and the Risk of Prostate Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2565-2568

  Holt, Sarah K ^a   Salinas, Claudia A ^a,b   Stanford, Janet L ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

prostate; prostatic neoplasms; risk; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 55549107465     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.042     Document Type: Article

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