Asking the right questions: Views on genetic variation research among black and white research participants

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Bussey Jones, Jada ^a   Henderson, Gail ^b   Garrett, Joanne ^b   Moloney, Mairead ^b   Blumenthal, Connie ^b   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Genetic variation research; Response evaluation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; ETHNICITY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA PIG; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; RACISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 60449084175     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0883-7     Document Type: Article

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