Impact of distance to a urologist on early diagnosis of prostate cancer among black and white patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 883-888

  Holmes, Jordan A ^a   Carpenter, William R ^b,c   Wu, Yang ^b   Hendrix, Laura H ^a   Peacock, Sharon ^d   Massing, Mark ^d   Schenck, Anna P ^c   Meyer, Anne Marie ^b   Diao, Kevin ^a   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^c   Godley, Paul A ^a,b   Stitzenberg, Karyn B ^a   Chen, Ronald C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; health services accessibility; healthcare disparities; prostate; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; UROLOGIST;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862777552     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.156     Document Type: Article

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