Kinscapes, timescapes and genescapes: Families living with genetic risk

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1227-1241

  Atkinson, Paul ^a   Featherstone, Katie ^a   Gregory, Maggie ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chordata Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic; Kinship; Risk; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; KINSHIP; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

GENETIC; KINSHIP; RISK; TIME;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888130562     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12034     Document Type: Article

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