Why do men refuse or attend population-based screening for prostate cancer?
HGT Nijs0,1,z ML Essink-Bot2 HJ DeKoning2 WJ Kirkels3 FH Schröder3 0 Department of Health Promotion, Municipal Health Services Rotterdam Area, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1 Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Urology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands z Corresponding author address: Division of Public Health, Regional Public Health Services Zuid-Holland Zuid, PO Box 166, 3300 AD Dordrecht, The Netherlands E-mail: nijs@ggdzhz.nl Background.The aims of this study were to investigate the motives for refusing or attending population-based screening for prostate cancer, in relation to various background characteristics. Method.The present study is part of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), and took place in 1995-1996. Men aged 55-75 years were invited using the Rotterdam population regi
