Screening for prostate cancer: Recommendation and rationale

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 915-916

  Berg, Alfred O ^a,o   Allan, Janet D ^b,o   Frame, Paul ^c,o   Homer, Charles J ^d,o   Johnson, Mark S ^e,o   Klein, Jonathan D ^c,o   Lieu, Tracy A ^f,o   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^g,o   Orleans, C Tracy ^h,o   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^i,o   Pender, Nola J ^j,o   Siu, Albert L ^k,o   Teutsch, Steven M ^l,o   Westhoff, Carolyn ^m,o   Woolf, Steven H ^n,o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Natl Initiative C HlthCare Qual   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^h ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^m Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁿ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037015999     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-11-200212030-00013     Document Type: Short Survey

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