Recruitment strategies for studying dementia in later life among diverse cultural groups

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 256-260

  Dilworth Anderson, Peggye ^a,b   Thaker, Samruddhi ^b   Burke, Joan M Detry ^c  

^a Center for Aging and Diversity   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Dementia; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33644971706     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000190803.11340.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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