Urology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 726-730 , October 2008

Kidney Cancer in American Indian and Native Alaskan Men and Women—Time to Notice, Time to Care

  • Richard A. Watson

      Affiliations

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

Received 30 March 2008 ,Accepted 1 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.06.002

Urology
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