Prospective evaluation of two recruitment strategies for a randomized controlled cancer prevention trial

Clinical Trials

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-748

  Chlebowski, Rowan T ^a   Menon, Rashmi ^a   Chaisanguanthum, Roslyn M ^b   Jackson, D Marie ^c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PREVENTION; DIRECT MAILING CONTROL CONDITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIRECT RECRUITMENT APPROACH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOUSE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

EID: 78650393869     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774510383886     Document Type: Article

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