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The Decision to Seek Care

Factors Associated With the Propensity to Seek Care in a Community-Based Cohort of Men

Rosebud O. Roberts, MD; Thomas Rhodes, MS; Cynthia J. Girman, DrPH; Harry A. Guess, MD, PhD; Joseph E. Oesterling, MD; Michael M. Lieber, MD; Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD

Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(3):218-222.


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