Understandings of basic genetics in the united states: Results from a national survey of black and white men and women

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 467-476

  Christensen, K D ^a   Jayaratne, T E ^a   Roberts, J S ^a   Kardia, S L R ^a   Petty, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Genetic knowledge; Race; Survey; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650189039     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000293287     Document Type: Article

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