Barriers and facilitators of African American participation in Alzheimer disease biomarker research

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Williams, Monique M ^a,b   Scharff, Darcell P ^c   Mathews, Katherine J ^b   Hoffsuemmer, Jonathan S ^c,d   Jackson, Pamela ^a   Morris, John C ^a,b   Edwards, Dorothy F ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Alzheimer disease; barriers; biological markers; facilitators; research

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTRUISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956428231     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181f14a14     Document Type: Article

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