Establishing a community partnership to optimize recruitment of African American pedigrees for a genetic epidemiology study

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 223-231

  Ochs Balcom, Heather M ^a   Rodriguez, Elisa M ^b   Erwin, Deborah O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Community based research; Family study; Genetic epidemiology; Study design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84856454408     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-011-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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