Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of arab-american women regarding inherited cancer risk

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-276

  Mellon, Suzanne ^a   Gauthier, Jacqueline ^c   Cichon, Michelle ^b   Hammad, Adnan ^d   Simon, Michael S ^b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arab American Community Center and Social Services Community Health and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Cancer risk; Cancer screening; Genetic counseling; Hereditary breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879690293     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-012-9546-2     Document Type: Article

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