Results communication and patient education after screening for possible hemochromatosis and iron overload: Experience from the HEIRS Study of a large ethnically and linguistically diverse group

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 778-791

  Walker, Ann P ^a,m   Tucker, Diane C ^b   Hall, Mark A ^c   Lohman, Kurt ^c   Harrison, Helen ^d   Harrison, Barbara W ^e   Reiss, Jacob ^f   Acton, Ronald T ^b,g,h   Adams, Paul C ^d   Diaz, Sharmin ^e   Holup, Joan ⁱ   Thomson, Elizabeth ^j   Ellis, Shellie D ^k   McLaren, Christine E ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Genetics Department   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

ⁱ CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Genetic counseling; Genetics education; Health literacy; Hemochromatosis screening; HFE gene

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 36248953761     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318159a303     Document Type: Article

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