Knowledge and attitudes of men about prostate cancer

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 312-314

  Arnold Reed, Diane E ^a   Hince, Dana A ^a   Bulsara, Max K ^a,b   Ngo, Hanh ^a   Eaton, Michael ^a   Wright, Alan R ^a   Jones, Frank R ^a   Kaczmarczyk, Walter ^a   Marangou, Andreas G ^a   Brett, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 53549116184     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02047.x     Document Type: Article

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