The Tuskegee Legacy Project: Willingness of minorities to participate in biomedical research

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 698-715

  Katz, Ralph V ^a   Kegeles, S Steven ^g   Kressin, Nancy R ^b   Green, B Lee ^c   Min, Qi Wang ^d   James, Sherman A ^e   Russell, Stefanie L ^a   Claudio, Cristina ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Minority recruitment; Participation in research; Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845676302     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0126     Document Type: Article

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