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Understandings of basic genetics in the United States: results from a national survey of black and white men and women.

Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2010

Christensen K D, Jayaratne T E, Roberts J S, Kardia S L R, Petty E M

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AIM: This study examined understandings of basic genetic concepts among Americans. METHOD: In a national telephone survey of 1,200 Americans with equal representation among Black and White men and women, subjects responded to 8 items developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts that assessed understanding of basic concepts in multiple domains, including inheritance, genetics and race, and genetics and...

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PMID: 20203477
DOI: 10.1159/000293287
PMCID: PMC3025896

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