Recruitment of Yoruba families from Nigeria for genetic research: Experience from a multisite keloid study

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Olaitan, Peter B ^a   Odesina, Victoria ^b   Ademola, Samuel ^c   Fadiora, Solomon O ^a   Oluwatosin, Odunayo M ^c   Reichenberger, Ernst J ^b  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Families; Genetics; Keloid; Low resource settings; Nigeria; Recruitment; Yoruba

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; FAMILY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KELOID; META ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; KELOID; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84907978570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-65     Document Type: Article

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