Deaf adults' reasons for genetic testing depend on cultural affiliation: Results from a prospective, longitudinal genetic counseling and testing study

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-227

  Boudreault, Patrick ^a   Baldwin, Erin E ^b   Fox, Michelle ^b   Dutton, Loriel ^b   Tullis, LeeElle ^b   Linden, Joyce ^a   Kobayashi, Yoko ^a   Zhou, Jin ^b   Sinsheimer, Janet S ^b   Sininger, Yvonne ^b   Grody, Wayne W ^b   Palmer, Christina G S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONNEXINS; COUNSELING; CULTURE; DEAFNESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77955600300     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enq012     Document Type: Article

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