Factors affecting research participation in African American College students

Family Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Diaz, Vanessa A ^a   Mainous III, Arch G ^a   McCall, Ashleigh A ^b   Geesey, Mark E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; TRUST; UNIVERSITIES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 37749009335     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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