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- Title
Impact of genetic risk information and type of disease on perceived risk, anticipated affect, and expected consequences of genetic tests.
- Authors
Cameron, Linda D; Sherman, Kerry A; Marteau, Theresa M; Brown, Paul M
- Abstract
Genetic tests vary in their prediction of disease occurrence, with some mutations conferring relatively low risk and others indicating near certainty. The authors assessed how increments in absolute risk of disease influence risk perceptions, interest, and expected consequences of genetic tests for diseases of varying severity.
- Publication
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2009, Vol 28, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
0278-6133
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/a0013947