High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 848-855

  Wang, Emily A ^a   Aminawung, Jenerius A ^a   Wildeman, Christopher ^a   Ross, Joseph S ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH ETHICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899887316     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325     Document Type: Article

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