Differences in cultural beliefs and values among African American and European American men with prostate cancer

Cancer Control

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^a,b   Barg, Frances K ^a,b   Weathers, Benita ^a   Delmoor, Ernestine ^b   Coyne, James ^a,b   Wileyto, E Paul ^a   Arocho, Justin ^a   Mahler, Brandon ^a   Malkowicz, S Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNICITY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447336147     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480701400311     Document Type: Article

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