Men's knowledge and beliefs about prostate cancer: Education, race, and screening status

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-203

  Winterich, Julie A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Clark, Peter E ^b   Miller, David P ^a   Acuña, Joshua ^a   Dignan, Mark B ^c   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health disparities; Prostate Cancer; Prostate cancer screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67651235770     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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