Recruiting African-American barbershops for prostate cancer education

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1012-1020

  Hart Jr , Alton ^a,b,i   Underwood, Sandra M ^d   Smith, Wally R ^b   Bowen, Deborah J ^e   Rivers, Brian M ^f   Jones, Randy A ^g   Parker, Dennis ^c   Allen, Johnnie ^h  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 52449115118     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31437-1     Document Type: Article

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