Characteristics of users of online personalized genomic risk assessments: Implications for physician-patient interactions

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 582-587

  McBride, Colleen M ^a   Alford, Sharon Hensley ^b   Reid, Robert J ^c   Larson, Eric B ^c   Baxevanis, Andreas D ^a   Brody, Lawrence C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Personalized genomics; Psychosocial predictors; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69549106170     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181b22c3a     Document Type: Article

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