Ethnocultural community leaders' views and perceptions on biobanks and population specific genomic research: A qualitative research study

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-485

  Godard, Béatrice ^a   Ozdemir, Vural ^a   Fortin, Marilyn ^a   Égalité, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biobanks; Community leaders; Genomics; Populations; Qualitative research; Views

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77954825531     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662509104721     Document Type: Article

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