Prostate cancer education in the Washington, DC, area

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 963-970

  Warrick, Cynthia ^a   Wutoh, Anthony K ^b   Corria McDow, Zakia ^b   Emekalam, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Education; Pharmacy; Prostrate

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PHARMACISTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036834763     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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