Attitudes of African Americans Toward Return of Results From Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1064-1072

  Yu, Joon Ho ^a   Crouch, Julia ^b   Jamal, Seema M ^a   Tabor, Holly K ^a,b   Bamshad, Michael J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Bioethics; Exome sequencing; Return of results; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXOME SEQUENCING; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85028105769     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35914     Document Type: Article

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