Applied Nursing Research
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , February 2004

Recruitment and retention of economically underserved women to a cervical cancer prevention trial

  • Joanne Motiño Bailey, RN, MS (Doctoral Student)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Mary E Bieniasz, RN, MS (Nurse Practitioner)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • David Kmak, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Dean E Brenner, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Mack T Ruffin, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mack T. Ruffin IV, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 1018 Fuller Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0708, USA

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☆ Supported in part by the National Cancer Institute grants CA68291 and CA80846.

PII: S0897-1897(03)00112-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2003.12.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , February 2004

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