Urology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 431-436 , February 2009

Renal Cell Carcinoma Rates Compared With Health Status and Behavior in the United States

  • Janet L. Colli

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Janet L. Colli, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue, South Birmingham, AL 35294
    • ,
  • Joseph E. Busby

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • ,
  • Christopher L. Amling

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Received 28 April 2008 ,Accepted 16 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.06.044

Urology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 431-436 , February 2009

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