Veterans (n = 771, 54-76 years of age) from the Second World War, who attended a rehabilitation program arranged by the state between the years 1979 and 1983, were screened for prostatic cancer by rectal examination of the prostate and by measurement of serum prostate-specific acid phosphatase (PAP)
Screening for carcinoma of the prostate
โ Scribed by Alexander, Freda E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 25 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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