Barriers to the Initiation and Maintenance of Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in Black American and Afro-Caribbean Men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2403-2408

  Gonzalez, Joshua R ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^b   McKiernan, James M ^a   Spencer, Benjamin A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Caribbean region; European continental ancestry group; prostate; prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55549088529     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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