Preferences for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer information among Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican women at risk

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 248-258

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b   McIntyre, Jessica ^b   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MRC CANCONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; Hispanic women; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CUBA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEREDITARY BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CUBA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 79960147902     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284582     Document Type: Article

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