Attitude and knowledge about genetics and genetic testing

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-88

  Etchegary, H ^a   Cappelli, M ^b   Potter, B ^c   Vloet, M ^b   Graham, I ^d   Walker, M ^e   Wilson, B ^c  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Genetic testing; Genetics; Knowledge; Public understanding of science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 73849110163     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000220034     Document Type: Article

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