Recruitment of African Americans into prostate cancer screening

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Weinrich, Sally P ^a   Boyd, Marlyn D ^a   Bradford, Debbie ^a   Mossa, Mark S ^a   Weinrich, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Community sites; Prostate cancer; Recruitment; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0031915480     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.1998006023.x     Document Type: Article

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