Background Although prostate cancer is the most common life-threatening cancer among males in North America, relatively little is known about its etiology. We have conducted a proportional mortality study to generate hypotheses concerning occupational risk factors for the disease. Methods Age standa
Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer
โ Scribed by Andrea M. Sass-Kortsak; James T. Purdham; Nancy Kreiger; Gerarda Darlington; Nancy E. Lightfoot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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