Prostate-specific antigen testing: Uncovering primary care influences

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 996-1000

  Gormley, Gerard J ^a   Catney, Denise ^a   McCall, Jacqueline R ^b   Reilly, Philip M ^a   Gavin, Anna T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastern Health and Social Services Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; GP; Guidelines; PSA; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORKING TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749574799     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06481.x     Document Type: Article

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