Regional differences in awareness and attitudes regarding genetic testing for disease risk and ancestry

Human Genetics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-260

  Jonassaint, Charles R ^a   Santos, Eunice R ^b   Glover, Crystal M ^c   Payne, Perry W ^d,e   Fasaye, Grace Ann ^f   Oji Njideka, Nefertiti ^g   Hooker, Stanley ^g   Hernandez, Wenndy ^g   Foster, Morris W ^h   Kittles, Rick A ^g   Royal, Charmaine D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956058683     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0845-0     Document Type: Article

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