Why do they do it? A pilot study towards understanding participant motivation and experience in a large genetic epidemiological study of endometriosis

Community Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-71

  Treloar, Susan A ^a,b   Morley, Katherine I ^a,b   Taylor, Sandra D ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex etiology; Endometriosis; Genetic epidemiology; Public understanding; Qualitative research; Study participants

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33947504499     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099083     Document Type: Article

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