Who wants to join preventive trials? - Experience from the Estonian Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Trial [ISRCTN35338757]

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hovi, Sirpa Liisa ^a,b   Hakama, Matti ^b   Veerus, Piret ^b,c,d   Rahu, Mati ^c,d   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d Estonian Centre of Behavioral and Health Sciences   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ESTROGEN THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REMINDER SYSTEM; TIME; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ESTONIA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 21444444402     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-5-12     Document Type: Article

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