Sun Exposure and the Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Singapore Prostate Cancer Study: a Case-control Study |
Chia, Sin-Eng
(Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore)
Wong, Kin-Yoke (Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore) Cheng, Christopher (Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital) Lau, Weber (Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital) Tan, Puay-Hoon (Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital) |
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