Predictors of physician referral for patient recruitment to alzheimer disease clinical trials

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-356

  Galvin, James E ^a   Meuser, Thomas M ^a,b   Boise, Linda ^c   Connell, Cathleen M ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Clinical trials; Dementia; Physician; Recruitment; Referral

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 75949097203     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31819e0cac     Document Type: Article

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