Knowledge and attitudes toward human cloning in Israel

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-31

  Barnoy, Sivia ^a   Ehrenfeld, Malka ^a   Sharon, Rina ^a   Tabak, Nili ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLONING, ORGANISM; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PUBLIC OPINION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645770030     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770600603360     Document Type: Article

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