Strategies for recruitment of healthy premenopausal women into the African American nutrition for life (A NULIFE) study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-862

  King, Denae W ^a   Duello, Theresa M ^b   Miranda, Patricia Y ^a   Hodges, Kelly P ^a   Shelton, Andrea J ^c   Chukelu, Paul ^a   Jones, Lovell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREMENOPAUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952346347     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1682     Document Type: Article

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