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Anthropometric risk factors for prostate cancer

Wendy Demark‐Wahnefried Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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Mark R. Conaway Division of Biometry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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Cary N. Robertson Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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Barbara J. Mathias Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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E. Everett Anderson Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
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David F. Paulson Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710
Pages 302-307 | Received 17 Apr 1997, Accepted 30 Jun 1997, Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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