Older participants are frequently excluded from Parkinson's disease research

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-589

  Fitzsimmons, P R ^a   Blayney, S ^b   Mina Corkill, S ^b   Scott, G O ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Strang Douglas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageism; Elderly; Exclusion; Parkinson's; Research

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861186696     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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