A comparison of methods and results in recruiting white and black women into reproductive studies: The MMC-PSU cooperative center on reproduction experience

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-481

  Sweet, Stephanie ^a   Legro, Richard S ^b   Coney, PonJola ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Clinical trials research; Minorities; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCTION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44049109243     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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