Recruitment of participants for the Estrogen Replacement and Atherosclerosis (ERA) trial: A comparison of costs, yields, and participant characteristics from community- and hospital-based recruitment strategies

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-25

  Folmar, Steven ^a   Oates Williams, Floria ^b   Sharp, Penny ^b   Reboussin, David ^b   Smith, Jacki ^c   Cheshire, Kay ^b   Macer, Judith ^d   Klein, Karen Potvin ^b   Herrington, David ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Clinical trial; Estrogen replacement; Participant recruitment

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; LIPID; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALARY; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0035150187     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(00)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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