Racial and Ethnic Variations in Knowledge and Attitudes about Genetic Testing

Genetic Testing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-43

  Singer, Eleanor ^a   Antonucci, Toni ^a   Van Hoewyk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLING; SCIENCE; TELEPHONE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

PIERINAE;

EID: 1942466503     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109065704323016012     Document Type: Article

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