Portrayal of genetic risk for breast cancer in ethnic and non-ethnic newspaper

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 93-111

  Donelle, L ^a   Hoffman Goetz, L ^a   Clarke, J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ethnicity; Genetic risk; Literacy; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; HUMANS; JEWS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21044449589     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n04_06     Document Type: Article

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