Fatherhood and incident prostate cancer in a prospective US cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 480-487

  Eisenberg, Michael L ^a   Park, Yikyung ^b   Brinton, Louise A ^b   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^c   Schatzkin, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

Family size; Fathers; Fertility; Prostatic neoplasms; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGE CLASS; ANTIGEN; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FERTILITY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MENS HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATHER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953679563     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq163     Document Type: Article

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