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Voluntary participation and informed consent to international genetic research.
American journal of public health - 1 Nov 2006
Marshall Patricia A, Adebamowo Clement A, Adeyemo Adebowale A, Ogundiran Temidayo O, Vekich Mirjana, Strenski Teri, Zhou Jie, Prewitt T Elaine, Cooper Richard S, Rotimi Charles N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We compared voluntary participation and comprehension of informed consent among individuals of African ancestry enrolled in similarly designed genetic studies of hypertension in the United States and Nigeria. METHODS: Survey questionnaires were used to evaluate factors associated with voluntariness (the number of people volunteering) and understanding of the study's genetic purpose. A total of 655...
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