Recruiting participants with peripheral arterial disease for clinical trials: Experience from the Study to Improve Leg Circulation (SILC)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  McDermott, Mary M ^a   Domanchuk, Kathryn ^a   Dyer, Alan ^a   Ades, Philip ^b   Kibbe, Melina ^a   Criqui, Michael H ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 61349161674     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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