Successful recruitment of healthy African American men to genomic studies from high-volume community health fairs: implications for future genomic research in minority populations.

Abstract

Significant demographic differences exist between healthy Caucasian and African American men choosing to participate in genomic research.

These differences may be important in designing genomic research study recruitment strategies.

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Subjects

• African Americans
• Age Factors
• Biomedical Research
• Community Health Services
• Educational Status
• European Continental Ancestry Group
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Indiana
• Male
• Marital Status
• Metagenomics
• Middle Aged
• Minority Groups
• Patient Selection
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Prostatic Neoplasms
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors

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Authors

• Yash R Patel
• Katherine A Carr
• David Magjuka
• Yousef Mohammadi
• Edward F Dropcho
• Angela D Reed
• Marietta L Moore
• Mary Jane Waddell
• Rivienne Shedd-Steele
• Christopher J Sweeney
• Noah M Hahn

Publication date

2012-02-06

Journal

Journal topics

• Neoplasms

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Cancer

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.

Release reference

Cancer. 2012 Feb;118(4):1075-82

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