Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 263-267 , May 2009

The impact of marriage on bladder cancer mortality

Received 20 November 2007 ,Revised 12 April 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.04.016

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 263-267 , May 2009

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