Prostate cancer screening in the workplace: Employer costs

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 379-384

  Snyder, Claire ^a   Schrammel, Peggy N ^a   Griffiths, Claudia B ^a,c   Griffiths, Robert I ^b  

^a UK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031881106     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507999804600803     Document Type: Article

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