Recruitment and retention of community-dwelling, aging women in nursing studies

Nursing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 369-373

  DiMattio, Mary Jane Kalafut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Research subject recruitment; Research subject retention; Women's health

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035514615     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200111000-00007     Document Type: Article

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