Strategies for Enrolling Diverse Older Women in an Osteoporosis Trial

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 669-687

  Unson, Christine G ^a   Ohannessian, Christine ^b   Kenyon, Lisa ^c   Fenster, Juliane ^c   Reisine, Susan ^c   Prestwood, Karen ^c  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEGRO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 4944259318     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264304268588     Document Type: Article

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