Masculinity and the body: How African American and white men experience cancer screening exams involving the rectum

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-309

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

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Health inequality disparity; Hegemonic masculinity; Prostate cancer screening; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70450200475     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988308321675     Document Type: Article

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