A comparison of prostate knowledge of African-American and Caucasian men: Changes from prescreening baseline to postintervention

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Abbott, R Roderic ^a   Taylor, D Kay ^a,b   Barber, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostatic neoplasms; Race; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031834726     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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