A national survey of attitudes regarding participation in prostate carcinoma testing
โ Scribed by Mark E. Cowen; Michael W. Kattan; Brian J. Miles
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
The prevalence of prostate carcinoma testing is rapidly changing.
Little is known about the frequency of testing in the non-Medicare population in the United States. The current study was conducted for a better understanding of who is being tested and some of the reasons why.
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