Screening for prostate cancer: The case against

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Hirst, Geoffrey H L ^a,d   Ward, Jeanette E ^b   Del Mar, Christopher B ^c  

^a Raymond Terrace   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029963579     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb94192.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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