The individual, the family, and genetic testing

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-324

  Jacobs, Linda A ^a,b   Deatrick, Janet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic predisposition testing; Genetic risk; Genetic testing; Health Belief Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033193690     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(99)80057-X     Document Type: Article

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