Do men know that they have had a prostate-specific antigen test? Accuracy of self-reports of testing at 2 sites

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1336-1338

  Chan, Evelyn C Y ^a   Vernon, Sally W ^b   Ahn, Chul ^a   Greisinger, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Univ of TX Houston Medical School   (United States)

^c Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3442898458     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1336     Document Type: Article

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