Gender matters: Health beliefs of women as a predictor of participation in prostate cancer screening among African American men

Diversity and Equality in Health and Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Gash, Jean ^a   McIntosh, Gregory V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Detroit Urology Residency Consortium   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Disparity; Health beliefs; Prostate cancer screening; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877744218     PISSN: 20495471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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