Genetic testing for colon cancer among African-Americans in North Carolina

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Satia, Jessie A ^a,b,d   McRitchie, Susan ^c   Kupper, Lawrence L ^d   Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Attitudes; Colon cancer; Genetic testing; Intention; Interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 31344480701     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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