Farming and prostate cancer among African-Americans in the southeastern United States.
Farming and prostate cancer among African-Americans in the southeastern United States.
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美国东南部非洲裔美国人的农业与前列腺癌。
DOI:
10.1093/jnci/86.22.1718
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发表时间:
1994
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Joseph F. Fraumeni
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作者:
Mustafa Dosemeci;R. N. Hoover;Aaron Blair;L. Figgs;S. Devesa;D. Grauman;Joseph F. Fraumeni
A remarkable epidemiologic feature of prostate cancer is its elevated mortality and incidence rates among African-Americans, who have the highest rates reported in the world (1). The reasons for this racial difference are unclear, although environmental, dietary, and hormonal factors are under study. Further clues may come from the geographic pattern within the United States.