Recruiting for arthritis studies in hard-to-reach populations: A comparison of methods used in an urban Spanish-speaking community

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-71

  De Brey, Virginia Natif ^a   González, Virginia M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84988045084     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790100110     Document Type: Article

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