Testicular cancer among african american college men: Knowledge, perceived risk, and perceptions of cancer fatalism

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Powe, Barbara D ^a   Ross, Louie ^b   Wilkerson, Donoria ^a   Brooks, Patrice ^a   Cooper, Dexter ^a  

^a BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

African American men; Cancer fatalism; Historical Black colleges and universities; Knowledge; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47149113795     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988306295305     Document Type: Article

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