Perceptions about genetic testing for the susceptibility to alcohol dependence and other multifactorial diseases

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 476-481

  Marshall, Vanessa J ^a   Kalu, Nnenna ^a   Kwagyan, John ^a   Williams, Carla ^b   Taylor, Robert E ^a   Scott, Denise M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PSYCHO SOCIAL IMPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862978570     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0069     Document Type: Article

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