Recruiting black Americans in a large cohort study: The adventist health study-2 (AHS-2) design methods and participant characteristics

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-443

  Herring, R Patti ^a   Butler, Terry ^a   Hall, Sonja ^a   Montgomery, Susanne B ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventists; African Americans; Blacks; Cancer; Cohort study; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTESTANTISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952647312     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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