The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 8, Supplement 2 , Pages S11-S17 , August 2008

How to Engage the Latino or African American Patient with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Crossing Socioeconomic and Cultural Barriers

  • Miguel Martinez, MD

      Affiliations

    • White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Miguel Martinez, MD, White Memorial Medical Center, 1720 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90033.
    • ,
  • Steven Maislos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Urology Institute of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
    • ,
  • Walter Rayford, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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 Statement of author disclosure: Please see the Author Disclosures section at the end of this article.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.022

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