Tolerance for ambiguity could influence awareness of breast cancer genetic testing and inform health education

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1227-1232

  Quillin, John M ^a,b   Silberg, Judy ^a   Jones, Resa M ^a,b   Wilson, Diane Baer ^b,c,d   Maes, Hermine ^a,b   Bowen, Deborah ^e   Bodurtha, Joann ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Educational status; Genetic screening; Personality; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 55849114887     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9193-y     Document Type: Article

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