Applied Nursing Research
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , February 2003

Overcoming subject recruitment challenges: Strategies for successful collaboration with novice research agencies

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☆ Supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research (Project #R29 NR04450-05) and the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology at Oregon Health & Science University.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to Patricia G. Butterfield, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, 207 Sherrick Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.

PII: S0897-1897(02)10907-4

doi: 10.1053/apnr.2003.50004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52 , February 2003

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