The validity of male patients' self-reports regarding prostate cancer screening

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-303

  Jordan, Timothy R ^b   Price, James H ^b   King, Keith A ^b   Masyk, Tatiana ^b   Bedell, Archie W ^a  

^a MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Prostate cancer screening; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032812784     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0430     Document Type: Article

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