Psychological impact of predictive testing for colonic cancer

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-108

  Reeve, Jeanne ^a   Owens, R Glynn ^b   Winship, Ingrid M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DNA testing; HNPCC; Qualitative; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033985492     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910530000500102     Document Type: Article

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