Retrospective classification of prostate-specific antigen tests: Differentiating screening from diagnostic clinical encounters

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 884-888

  Godley, Paul A ^a,b   Rathore, Saif S ^a   Kshirsagar, Ashutosh V ^a   Amamoo, Monique A ^c   Schell, Michael J ^c   Freeman, John ^a   Harris, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification protocol; Prostate specific antigen; Retrospective study; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034880151     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00364-X     Document Type: Article

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