Rural-urban differences in discussions of cancer treatment clinical trials

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Vanderpool, Robin Cline ^a   Kornfeld, Julie ^b   Mills, Laurel ^a   Byrne, Margaret Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical trials; Patient education; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053946177     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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