Psychosocial factors associated with the public's willingness to pay for genetic testing for cancer risk: A structural equations model

Health Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-172

  Bosompra, Kwadwo ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^a   Flynn, Brian S ^a,b   Worden, John K ^a,b   Solomon, Laura J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0035041201     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/16.2.157     Document Type: Article

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