Difficulties in recruiting older people in clinical trials: An examination of barriers and solutions

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 901-906

  Ridda, I ^a   MacIntyre, C R ^a,b   Lindley, R I ^c   Tan, T C ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers to recruitment in clinical trials; Older people; Solutions to recruitment in clinical trials

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VACCINES;

EID: 73949117687     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.10.081     Document Type: Review

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