Voluntary participation and informed consent international genetic research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1989-1995

  Marshall, Patricia A ^a   Adebamowo, Clement A ^b   Adeyemo, Adebowale A ^b   Ogundiran, Temidayo O ^b   Vekich, Mirjana ^b   Strenski, Teri ^b   Zhou, Jie ^b   Prewitt, T Elaine ^b   Cooper, Richard S ^b   Rotimi, Charles N ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750463438     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076232     Document Type: Article

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