Recruitment and Retention in Clinical trials of The Elderly

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-272

  Macias, Flavia M ^a   Ramsay, R Eugene ^b   Rowan, A James ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 34047240292     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81017-2     Document Type: Review

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