Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 603-612 , May 2007

Enrollment in a Brain Magnetic Resonance Study: Results From the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (WHIMS-MRI)

  • Sarah A. Jaramillo, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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  • Deborah Felton, BS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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  • LeeAnn Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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  • Lisa Desiderio, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Rose K. Hallarn, BS

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Sharon D. Jackson, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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  • Laura H. Coker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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  • Jennifer G. Robinson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
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  • Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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  • Mark A. Espeland, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: M.A.E.
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  • Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study Research Group

Received 15 December 2006 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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1 The Women’s Health Initiative program is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US Department of Health and Human Services. The Women’s Health Initiative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study was funded by contract N01-WH-44221, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Also included in the manuscript are data collected by the Women’s Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging (supported by the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute on Aging, NO1-AG-1-2106, National Institutes of Health), and the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (supported by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Wake Forest University Health Sciences).

PII: S1076-6332(07)00087-6

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.02.001

Academic Radiology
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