Depiction of gene-environment relationships in online medical recommendations

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 450-456

  Cheng, Youyou ^a   Condit, Celeste ^a   Flannery, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalism; Gene environment interaction; Gene environment relationship; Genetic determinism; Health communication; Online medical recommendation; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 48849091225     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e31817701a8     Document Type: Article

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