Are cancer survivors willing to participate in research?

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-778

  Geller, Berta M ^a   MacE, John ^a   Vacek, Pamela ^b   Johnson, Alison ^c   Lamer, Camilla ^d   Cranmer, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Vermont Cancer Survivor Network   (United States)

^e Vermonters Taking Action Against Cancer   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Participation rate; Registry; Survivorship; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80655127882     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9374-6     Document Type: Article

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