Regional differences in awareness and attitudes regarding genetic testing for disease risk and ancestry.

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Published in Hum Genet on June 13, 2010

Authors

Charles R Jonassaint1, Eunice R Santos, Crystal M Glover, Perry W Payne, Grace-Ann Fasaye, Nefertiti Oji-Njideka, Stanley Hooker, Wenndy Hernandez, Morris W Foster, Rick A Kittles, Charmaine D Royal

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

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