Recruitment and retention of minority participants in the DASH controlled feeding trial

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-208

  Vollmer, William M ^a,g   Svetkey, Laura P ^b   Appel, Lawrence J ^c   Obarzanek, Eva ^d   Reams, Patrice ^b   Kennedy, Betty ^e   Aicher, Kathy ^b   Charleston, Jeanne ^c   Conlin, Paul R ^f   Evans, Marguerite ^d   Harsha, David ^e   Hertert, Stephanie ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Trials; Diet; Hypertension; Minority; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343918849     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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