Recruiting elderly African-American women in cancer prevention and control studies: A multifaceted approach and its effectiveness

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 169-175

  Zhu, Kangmin ^a   Hunter, Sandra ^a   Bernard, Louis J ^a   Payne Wilks, Kathleen ^a   Roland, Chanel L ^a   Levine, Robert S ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Cancer; Clinical trials; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0034169894     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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