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What are the practitioner-level determinants for inappropriate PSA testing?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Murphy, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK f.c.hamdy@sheffield.ac.uk

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  1. FC Hamdy is a Professor, and Head of Urology and Oncology at the University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield, UK.,

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Hamdy, F. What are the practitioner-level determinants for inappropriate PSA testing?. Nat Rev Urol 5, 70–71 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0990

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