Between acculturation and ambivalence: Knowledge of genetics and attitudes towards genetic testing in a consanguineous Bedouin community

Community Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Raz, Aviad E ^a   Atar, Marcela ^a   Rodnay, Maya ^a   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a   Carmi, Rivka ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin society; Carrier matching; Cousin marriage; Cross cultural education; Israel

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHER;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ACCULTURATION; ARABS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0142218924     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073004     Document Type: Article

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