Minorities remain underrepresented in HIV/AIDS research despite access to clinical trials

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-26

  Castillo Mancilla, Jose ^a   Cohn, Susan ^b   Krishnan, Supriya ^c   Cespedes, Michelle ^d   Floris Moore, Michelle ^e   Schulte, Gail ^f   Pavlov, Gregory ^g   Mildvan, Donna ^h   Smith, Kimberly ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^g FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; clinical trials; HIV; minority; research participation; underrepresented

Indexed keywords

AIDS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HIV; MINORITY; RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; UNDERREPRESENTED;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 84894204148     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: 19455771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct1501-14     Document Type: Article

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