Attitudes of African American premedical students toward genetic testing and screening

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Laskey, Sara L ^a   Williams, Joseph ^a   Pierre Louis, Jacqui ^a   O'Riordan, MaryAnn ^a   Matthews, Anne ^a   Robin, Nathaniel H ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Human Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Attitudes; Genetic testing

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0041805502     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125817-200301000-00008     Document Type: Article

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