Collecting genetic information in primary care: Evaluating a new family history tool

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 663-669

  Qureshi, Nadeem ^a   Bethea, Jane ^b   Modell, Bernadette ^c   Brennan, Paul ^d   Papageorgiou, Alexia ^c   Raeburn, Sandy ^e   Hapgood, Rhydian ^a   Modell, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Broxtowe and Hucknall Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Clinical genetics; Family history; Family practice; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 30744470915     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi073     Document Type: Article

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