Attitudes on DNA ancestry tests

Human Genetics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-56

  Wagner, Jennifer K ^a   Weiss, Kenneth M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84856667576     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1034-5     Document Type: Article

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