Enhancing the readability of materials describing genetic risk for breast cancer

Cancer Control

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Thompson, Hayley S ^a,c   Wahl, Erica ^a   Fatone, Anne ^a   Brown, Karen ^b   Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a   Valdimarsdottir, Heiddis ^a  

^a Derald H Ruttenberg Cancer Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 1130   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LITERATURE; MALE; READING;

EID: 3242763036     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480401100406     Document Type: Article

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