Willingness of minorities to participate in biomedical studies: Confirmatory Findings from a follow-up study using the Tuskegee legacy project questionnaire

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1052-1060

  Katz, Ralph V ^a   Green, B Lee ^b   Kressin, Nancy R ^c   Claudio, Cristina ^d   Wang, Min Qi ^e   Russell, Stefanie L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Minorities; Race ethnicity; Research; Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA PIG FEAR FACTOR SCALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATION SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUSKEGEE LEGACY PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 34648834075     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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