Psychological and social predictors of decisions about genetic testing for breast cancer in high-risk women

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-333

  Cappelli, M ^a   Surh, L ^a   Walker, M ^a   Korneluk, Y ^a   Humphreys, L ^a   Verma, S ^a   Hunter, A ^a   Allanson, J ^a   Logan, D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONCOGENE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034906138     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500123484     Document Type: Article

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