Urology
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 721-725 , April 2007

Smoking and Risk of Fatal Prostate Cancer in a Prospective U.S. Study

  • Sabine Rohrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Jeanine M. Genkinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Alyce Burke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention, Hagerstown, Maryland
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  • Kathy J. Helzlsouer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention, Hagerstown, Maryland
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • George W. Comstock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention, Hagerstown, Maryland
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  • Anthony J. Alberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention, Hagerstown, Maryland
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Elizabeth A. Platz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
    • James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Elizabeth A. Platz, Sc.D., M.P.H., Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E6138, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Received 20 June 2006 ,Accepted 14 December 2006.

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 This study was supported by the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund at Johns Hopkins University (to Dr. Alberg). Dr Rohrmann was supported by the Fund for Research and Progress in Urology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Dr. Comstock was partly supported by a Research Career Award (HL 21670) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

 These data were supplied in part by the Maryland Cancer Registry, Department of Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions.

PII: S0090-4295(06)02644-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.12.020

Urology
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 721-725 , April 2007

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