Trials and tribulations of recruiting 2,000 older women onto a clinical trial investigating falls and fractures: Vital D study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sanders, Kerrie M ^a   Stuart, Amanda L ^a   Merriman, Elizabeth N ^a   Read, Meaghan L ^a   Kotowicz, Mark A ^a   Young, Doris ^a   Taylor, Roderick ^b   Blair Holt, Ian ^b   Mander, Alistair G ^c   Nicholson, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b General Practitioner   (Australia)

^c Geriatrician   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; COLECALCIFEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POSTAL SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 73849108508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-78     Document Type: Article

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