Recruiting and retaining hard-to-reach populations: Lessons learned and targeted strategies from arthritis physical activity intervention studies

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 927-928

  Altpeter, Mary ^a   Houenou, Laura O ^a   Martin, Kathryn R ^a   Schoster, Britta ^a   Callahan, Leigh F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 80051768495     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20474     Document Type: Editorial

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