Beliefs of women's risk as research subjects: A four-city study examining differences by sex and by race/ethnicity

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Russell, Stefanie L ^a   Katz, Ralph V ^a   Kressin, Nancy R ^b   Green, B Lee ^c   Wang, Min Qi ^d   Claudio, Cristina ^e   Tzvetkova, Krassimira ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; THALIDOMIDE;

ABUSE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERATOGENS; THALIDOMIDE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349110247     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0486     Document Type: Article

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