Screening for prostate cancer in Yahata, Kitakyushu

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Fujimoto, Naohiro ^a   Harada, Shuji ^a   Sato, Hideki ^a   Akasaka, Soichiro ^a   Nomura, Masayoshi ^a   Yamada, Yoji ^a   Ueno, Yosuke ^b   Matsumoto, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Yahata Medical Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; PSA; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SCREENING TEST; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

EID: 3042707332     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.26.239     Document Type: Article

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