Recruitment to a clinical trial from the databases of specialists in Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Ashburn, Ann ^a   Pickering Ruth, M ^b   Louise, Fazakarley ^a   Claire, Ballinger ^c   Lindsay, McLellan D ^a   Carolyn, Fitton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical database; Clinical trials; Fallers; Parkinson's disease; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SCREENING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33846502806     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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