Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 10-14 , July 2008

Bladder Cancer in Native Americans and Alaskan Natives

  • Richard A. Watson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack, New Jersey
    • Department of Urology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard A. Watson, M.D., Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, and Division of Ambulatory Urology, Department of Urology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Sanzari Building, Suite 403, 360 Essex Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601.
    • ,
  • Monika Sidor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack, New Jersey

Received 22 August 2007 ,Accepted 21 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.087

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 10-14 , July 2008

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