Men's health: What's a GP to do?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 440-444

  Harris, Mark F ^a   McKenzie, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 33750159382     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00643.x     Document Type: Article

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