Does urological cancer mortality increase with low population density of physicians?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2342-2346

  Colli, Janet ^a   Sartor, Oliver ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a   Lee, Benjamin R ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; medical oncology; mortality; United States; urologic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY;

EID: 80755136663     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.07.069     Document Type: Article

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