Clinical trials: The challenge of recruitment and retention of participants

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Gul, Raisa B ^a   Ali, Parveen A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Recruitment and retention strategies; Research challenges; Retention; Subjects' participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 73149098315     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03041.x     Document Type: Article

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