The Women's Health Initiative recruitment methods and results

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Hays, Jennifer ^a   Hunt, Julie R ^b   Hubbell, F Allan ^c   Anderson, Garnet L ^b   Limacher, Marian ^d   Allen, Catherine ^e   Rossouw, Jacques E ^f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Trial; Cohort Study; Disease Prevention; Postmenopausal Women; Recruitment; Women's Health

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BREAST DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OBSERVATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTAL MAIL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; SMOKING; STAFF; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0142248735     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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