Enhancing Participation of Older Women in Surgical Trials

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-311

  Goode, Patricia S ^a,c   FitzGerald, Mary P ^d   Richter, Holly E ^b   Whitehead, William E ^e   Nygaard, Ingrid ^f   Wren, Patricia A ^g   Zyczynski, Halina M ^h   Cundiff, Geoffrey ⁱ   Menefee, Shawn ^j   Senka, Judith M ^k   Gao, Xin ^l   Weber, Anne M ^m  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLPOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 49749117960     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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