Genetic services for common complex disorders: Surveys of health maintenance organizations and academic genetic centers

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 272-285

  Myers, Melanie F ^a   Doksum, Teresa ^a,b   Holtzman, Neil A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Genetic services; Health maintenance organizations; Managed care organizations; Predictive genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; EDUCATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033188528     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-199909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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