Recruitment and retention of older adults in aging research

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2340-2348

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Miller, Douglas K ^c   McGloin, Joanne M ^d   Freeman, Marcie ^e   Marcantonio, Edward R ^f   Magaziner, Jay ^g   Studenski, Stephanie ^h,i  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Harvard Cooperative Program on Aging

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging research; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 57149125724     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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