Attitudes of African Americans regarding screening for prostate cancer

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Robinson, Susan Bradshaw ^a   Ashley, Mary ^a   Haynes, M Alfred ^a  

^a Drew/Meharry/Morehouse Consortium C   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030115868     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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