Recruitment of African American Men: Overcoming Challenges for an Epidemiological Study of Personality and Health

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-380

  Spence, Christie T ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Epidemiology; Personality; Recruitment; Response bias

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 82455166860     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024732     Document Type: Article

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