Attitudes toward colon cancer gene testing: Survey of relatives of colon cancer patients

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 337-344

  Petersen, Gloria M ^a,b,c   Larkin, Emma ^a   Codori, Ann Marie ^b   Wang, Chia Yih ^a   Booker, Susan V ^b   Bacon, Judy ^b   Giardiello, Francis M ^b   Boyd, Patricia A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032908836     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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