Enhancing participant recruitment in studies of sensitive topics

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-36

  Records, Kathie ^a   Rice, Michael ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Methods; Recruitment; Sensitive topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745465785     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390306288830     Document Type: Article

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