Willingness to donate blood samples for genetic research: A survey from a community in Singapore

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Wong, Mee Lian ^a   Chia, K S ^a   Yam, W M ^a   Teodoro, G R ^a   Lau, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community participation; Donating blood specimens; Genetic research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PAIN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINGAPORE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD DONORS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC OPINION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 1642514698     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j..2004.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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