Medical students' attitudes toward genetic testing of minors

Genetic Testing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Riordan, Sara Hammer ^a,c   Loescher, Lois J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Arizona Teratology Information Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; JUVENILE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645371528     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2006.10.68     Document Type: Article

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