Exploring the Legacy of the tuskegee syphilis study: A follow-up study from the tuskegee legacy project

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-183

  Katz, Ralph V ^a   Green, B Lee ^b   Kressin, Nancy R ^c,d   James, Sherman A ^e   Wang, Min Qi ^e,f   Claudio, Cristina ^g   Russell, Stephanie Luise ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SYPHILIS; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 65249104471     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30833-6     Document Type: Article

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