Attitudes toward Genetic Testing for Hypertension among African American Women and Girls

• Main Authors: Jacquelyn Y. Taylor (Author), Bronwen Peternell (Author), Jennifer A. Smith (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Although African American (AA) women have the highest prevalence of hypertension and many genetic studies have been conducted to examine this disparity, no published studies have investigated their attitudes toward genetic testing for hypertension. The purpose of the present study was...