'A matter of faith, not science': Analysis of media coverage of prostate cancer screening in Australian news media 2003-2006

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 513-521

  MacKenzie, Ross ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   Holding, Simon ^a   McGeechan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 37249031501     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.11.513     Document Type: Article

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