Testicular cancer awareness and self-examination among adolescent males in a community-based youth organization

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-398

  Ward, Kenneth D ^a   Vander Weg, Mark W ^c   Read, Mary Cocke ^a   Sell, Marie A ^a   Beech, Bettina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Health promotion; Self examination; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EXAMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 19544374723     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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