Risk factors for clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia in a community-based population of healthy aging men
โ Scribed by James B. Meigs; Beth Mohr; Michael J. Barry; Mary McNaughton Collins; John B. McKinlay
- Book ID
- 117596972
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-4356
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