Quantitative assessment of recruitment efforts for prevention trials in two diverse black populations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 838-845

  Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^a   Prewitt, T Elaine ^b   Blackman, Lisa R ^a   Simon, Pamela ^b   Luke, Amy ^b   Keys, Lashon C ^b   Avellone, Mary E ^a   Singh, Vicky ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cardiovascular disease; Health risk reduction; Prevention studies; Recruitment strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032407397     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0367     Document Type: Article

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