Pros and cons of prostate cancer screening: Associations with screening knowledge and attitudes among Urban African American men

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-183

  Davis, Stacy N ^a   Diefenbach, Michael A ^b   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis ^b,c   Chen, Tianle ^d   Hall, Simon J ^b   Thompson, Hayley S ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Men's health; Physician patient relationship; Prostate cancer screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RATING SCALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950607817     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30523-x     Document Type: Article

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