Playing a part in research? University students' attitudes to direct-to-consumer genomics

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-168

  Vayena, Effy ^a   Ineichen, Christian ^a   Stoupka, Elia ^c   Hafen, Ernst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genomics; Ethical aspects; Ethics of genetic research; Genetic testing policy; Genomics; Personalized medicine; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIRECT TO CONSUMER GENOMIC TESTING; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOMIC RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SWITZERLAND; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PRIVACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN GENETICS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC TESTING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904068648     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360257     Document Type: Article

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