Screening for hemochromatosis and iron overload: Satisfaction with results notification and understanding of mailed results in unaffected participants of the HEIRS study

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Harrison, Helen F ^a,j   Harrison, Barbara W ^b   Walker, Ann P ^c   Lohman, Kurt ^d   Ellis, Shellie D ^d   Hall, Mark A ^d   Reiss, Jacob ^e   Adams, Paul C ^a   Holup, Joan ^f   Acton, Ronald T ^g   Bent, Thomas ^h   Rivers, Charles ^g   Fadojutimi Akinsiku, Margaret ⁱ  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Genetics Department   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Fanshawe College   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 57749121392     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2008.0004     Document Type: Article

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