Challenges and strategies in recruitment of ethnically diverse populations for cancer nursing research

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1187-1194

  Knobf, M Tish ^a   Juarez, Gloria ^b   Lee, Shiu Yu Katie ^c   Sun, Virginia ^d   Sun, Yiyuan ^e   Haozous, Emily ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Taiwan Army   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 38549161636     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.1187-1194     Document Type: Article

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