Community volunteers as recruitment staff in a clinical trial: The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) experience

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Hertert, Stephanie ^a   Bailey, Geri ^b   Cottinghan, Vannessa ^c   Carmody, Sharon ^d   Egan, Debra ^e   Johnson, Phillip ^c   Probstfield, Jeffrey ^e  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Clinical Studies Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; recruitment; SHEP; volunteer staff

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING;

EID: 0029966082     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-2456(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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