Evaluation of methods and costs associated with recruiting healthy women volunteers to a study of ovulation

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1519-1524

  Battistella, Elyse ^a   Kalyan, Shirin ^a   Prior, Jerilynn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT; VOLUNTEER;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77955257139     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1751     Document Type: Article

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