Difficulties in recruiting participants for a research study on immigrant dementia caregiver: Challenges in conducting research with a culturally diverse population

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Emami, Azita ^a,b   Mazaheri, Monir ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 67649754942     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J500v05n04_06     Document Type: Article

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