Sexual orientation and testing for prostate and colorectal cancers among men in California

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1240-1248

  Heslin, Kevin C ^a   Gore, John L ^b   King, William D ^b   Fox, Sarah A ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Men; Preventive services; Prostate cancer; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649088535     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817d697f     Document Type: Article

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