Personal DNA testing in college classrooms: Perspectives of students and professors

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 446-452

  Daley, Lori Ann A ^a   Wagner, Jennifer K ^b   Himmel, Tiffany L ^a   McPartland, Kaitlyn A ^a   Katsanis, Sara H ^a   Shriver, Mark D ^c   Royal, Charmaine D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMEDICINE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTEGRATION; LEARNING; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; DNA; FACULTY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84878554548     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0404     Document Type: Review

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