Improving knowledge of the prostate cancer screening dilemma among African American men: An academic-community partnership in Washington, DC

Public Health Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 590-598

  Taylor, Kathryn L ^a,e   Turner, Ralph O ^b   Davis III, Jackson L ^b   Johnson, Lenora ^c   Schwartz, Marc D ^a   Kerner, Jon ^d   Leak, Chikarlo ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia ^*  (United States)

^c Partners for Community Health   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0035524694     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50092-4     Document Type: Article

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