Gay men and prostate cancer: voicing the concerns of a hidden population

Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Filiault, Shaun M ^a   Drummond, Murray J N ^a   Smith, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Men; Prostate cancer; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERCEPTION; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 56949102759     PISSN: 18756867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jomh.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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