Strategies for obtaining parental consent to participate in research

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-221

  Fletcher, Anne C ^a   Hunter, Andrea G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental consent; Participant recruitment; Research strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043267477     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00216.x     Document Type: Review

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