Recruiting blacks to the adventist health study: Do follow-up phone calls increase response rates?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 667-672

  Bell, La Shawnta ^a   Butler, Terry L ^a   Herring, R Patti ^a   Yancey, Antonette K ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blacks; Minority Recruitment; Phone Contact; Response Rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 24644458774     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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