Feasibility of biological specimen collection for the canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA) biorepository

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-274

  Balion, Cynthia M ^a,b   Raina, Parminder S ^b   Wolfson, Christina ^d   Kirkland, Susan A ^e   Keys, Judy L ^c   Griffith, Lauren E ^b   Pelletier, Amélie ^d   Uniat, Jennifer ^d   McQueen, Matthew J ^a,b,c  

^a HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Clinical Trials Laboratory   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; CLSA; OGTT; Quality; Specimen collection; Urine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD; URINALYSIS;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CANADA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 76649133031     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809990080     Document Type: Article

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