The aging male population and medical care for benign prostatic hyperplasia in Canada

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Rawson, Nigel S B ^a,b   Saad, Fred ^c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

EID: 77951192613     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.09092     Document Type: Article

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