Strategies for recruiting African American men into prostate cancer screening studies

Nursing Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 452-456

  Jones, Randy A ^a   Steeves, Richard ^a   Williams, Ishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health disparities; Minority recruitment; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 73549106799     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181b4bade     Document Type: Article

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