Attitudes towards the sharing of genetic information with at-risk relatives: results of a quantitative survey

Human Genetics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 109-120

  Heaton, Timothy J ^a   Chico, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; VIGNETTE; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952714708     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-015-1612-z     Document Type: Article

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