A structural approach to examining prostate cancer risk for rural Southern African American Men

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 73-101

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Mason, Mondi A ^b   Rodela, Marisela ^c   Matthews, Derrick D ^c   Tran, Anh ^d   Royster, Michael ^f   Gotten, Michael ^g   Eng, Eugenia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UM SPH ^*

^d IL

^e UNC SPH

^f VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g Chatham County Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African American; Focus groups; Health disparities; Men; Prostate cancer; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049173215     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0121     Document Type: Article

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