Do celebrity endorsements matter? Observational study of BRCA gene testing and mastectomy rates after Angelina Jolie's New York Times editorial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 355, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Desai, Sunita ^a   Jena, Anupam B ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMMERCIALLY INSURED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; PUBLICATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MASTECTOMY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMOUS PERSONS; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006381835     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i6357     Document Type: Article

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