Public experiences, knowledge and expectations about medical genetics and the use of genetic information

Community Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-43

  Henneman, Lidewij ^a,b   Timmermans, Danielle R M ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Information; Knowledge; Public expectations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 5644273777     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080302     Document Type: Article

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