Considering race/ethnicity and socio-economic status in randomized controlled trials. A commentary on Frampton et al.'s systematic review generalizing trial findings and tackling health disparities in asthma research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1155-1156

  Kreatsoulas, Catherine ^a   Anand, Sonia ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Health disparities; Race ethnicity; Randomized controlled trials; Subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ASTHMA; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 70349386515     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.019     Document Type: Note

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