A national survey of medical students' beliefs and knowledge in screening for prostate cancer

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Marcella, Stephen ^a,b   Delnevo, Cristine D ^a   Coughlin, Steven S ^c  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical students; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TEST; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSTATE CANCER; SAMPLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248549635     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0015-1     Document Type: Article

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