Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of women about the importance of prostate cancer screening

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1378-1385

  Blanchard, Kristi ^a,b   Proverbs Singh, Tracy ^a,b   Katner, Adrienne ^a,b   Lifsey, Deborah ^a,b   Pollard, Steven ^a,b   Rayford, Walter ^a,b  

^a Stanley S Scott Cancer Center ^*

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; KAB (knowledge, attitudes and beliefs); Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 26444479698     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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