Barriers to Eligibility and Enrollment among Older Women in a Clinical Trial on Osteoporosis: Effects of Ethnicity and SES

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-443

  Unson, Christine G ^a   Ohannessian, Christine ^a   Kenyon, Lisa ^a   Case, Allison ^a   Reisine, Susan ^a   Prestwood, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Recruitment; SES

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 2442546554     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264304264211     Document Type: Article

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