Variation among primary care physicians in prostate-specific antigen screening of older men

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1622-1624

  Jaramillo, Elizabeth ^a   Tan, Alai ^a   Yang, Liu ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84885574356     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.277514     Document Type: Article

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