Prostate cancer testing: Behaviour, motivation and attitudes among Western Australian men

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-188

  Slevin, Terry J ^a,d   Donnelly, Neil ^b   Clarkson, Johanna P ^c   English, Dallas R ^c   Ward, Jeanette E ^b  

^a Cancer Found of Western Australia   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Heart Foundation of Australia (WA)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033575669     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123594.x     Document Type: Article

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