Brief report: If you build it, they will come methods for recruiting Latinos into cancer research

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 444-447

  Sheppard, Vanessa B ^a,f   Cox, Lisa Sanderson ^a   Kanamori, Mariano J ^a   Cañar, Janet ^c   Rodríguez, Yosselyn ^b   Goodman, Michelle ^a   Pomeroy, Jyl ^c   Mandelblatt, Jeanne ^a   Huerta, Elmer E ^b   Romagoza, Juan ^c   Pallesen, Nancy ^d   Catipon, Ericson ^e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c La Clinica del Pueblo   (United States)

^d Arlington Free Clinic   (United States)

^e Latin American Cancer Research Coalition   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Latinos; Minorities; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; SOUTH AMERICA;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 22144493812     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0083.x     Document Type: Article

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