Screening for prostate cancer: A comparison of urologists and primary care physicians

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 885-888

  Mcknight, Jerry T ^a,b   Tietze, Pamela H ^a,b   Adcock, Bobbi B ^a,b   Maxwell, Alan J ^a,b   Smith, W Omar ^a,b   Nagy, M Christine ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; UROLOGY;

EID: 0029793610     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199609000-00007     Document Type: Article

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