A road map for the recruitment and retention of older adult participants for longitudinal studies

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Bonk, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

study participant registries; study participant retention; study recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PLANNING; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; REVIEW; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77957375124     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02937.x     Document Type: Review

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