Population issues in clinical trials

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-187

  Mosenifar, Zab ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Clinical trial; Ethics; Gender gap; Minority group

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248335087     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200701-009GC     Document Type: Review

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