Consumers' desire towards current and prospective reproductive genetic testing

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Hathaway, Feighanne ^a,b,d   Burns, Esther ^c   Ostrer, Harry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Genetic; Reproductive; Screening; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD DEATH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEOPLASM; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 62449111836     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9199-3     Document Type: Article

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