PSA testing in general practice

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Hodgson, Fraser ^a   Obertová, Zuzana ^a   Brown, Charis ^a   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen (PSA); PSA testing; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865839992     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12199     Document Type: Article

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