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Changing the conversation about prostate cancer among African Americans: results of formative research

Ricardo J. Wray Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Community Health, St. Louis, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Stephanie McClure Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Santosh Vijaykumar Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Community Health, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Christopher Smith Public Health Prevention Service Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Andrae Ivy Northrup Grumman Contractor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Keri Jupka Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Community Health, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Richard Hess Surgery-Urology, Saint Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Pages 27-43 | Published online: 16 Jan 2009

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