Racial distribution of patient population and family physician endorsed importance of screening patients for inherited predisposition to cancer

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Gramling, Robert ^a   Clarke, Jennifer ^b   Simmons, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Genetic testing; Health disparities; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; RACE; STATISTICS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 63249103443     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0107     Document Type: Article

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