Enrollment of minorities in clinical trials: Did we overcome the barriers?

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-104

  Fouad, Mona N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE; READING; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 60249089185     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2009.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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