Interest in newborn genetic testing: A survey of prospective parents and the general public

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Etchegary, Holly ^a   Dicks, Elizabeth ^a   Green, Jane ^b   Hodgkinson, Kathleen ^b   Pullman, Daryl ^b   Parfrey, Patrick ^b  

^a Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; STUDENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; GENETIC TESTING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861496136     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0221     Document Type: Article

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