Recruitment of lactating women into a randomized dietary intervention: Successful strategies and factors promoting enrollment and retention

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-511

  Stendell Hollis, Nicole R ^a   Laudermilk, Monica J ^a   West, Julie L ^a   Thompson, Patricia A ^a,b   Thomson, Cynthia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Lactation; Recruitment; Retention; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 79957513542     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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