It’s time to reappraise recruitment of South Asians to clinical trials

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7634, 2008, Pages 46-

  Gammon, Brian D ^a   Gunarathne, Ashan ^b  

^a SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS;

ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 38349107099     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39416.697778.94     Document Type: Article

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