Factors affecting prostate cancer screening behaviour in a discrete population of doctors at the university hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1201-1205

  McNaughton, Dawn ^a   Aiken, William ^a   McGrowder, Donovan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Doctors; Jamaica; Prostate cancer; Screening behaviour; University environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857971945     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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