Barriers and facilitators to digital rectal examination screening among African-American and African-Caribbean men

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 891-898

  Lee, Daniel J ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Spencer, Benjamin A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ETHNICITY; FEAR; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; WEST INDIES;

EID: 79953893932     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.11.056     Document Type: Article

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