Determinants of prostate cancer screening in a sample of African American military servicemen

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-435

  Joseph, Hyacinth J ^a,b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER;

EID: 33646564354     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.5.430     Document Type: Article

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