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Challenges in Improving Genomic Literacy: Results from National and Regional Surveys of Genomic Knowledge, Attitudes, Concerns, and Behaviors

2022-08-26

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<h4>Purpose</h4> Information about genomics is increasingly available to mainstream society, with more and more emphasis on using genomic information to make health care decisions. To determine how prepared people are to use this knowledge to make critical health-related decisions, we assessed the public’s level of genomic literacy and whether this knowledge affects their engagement in behaviors related to genomi...

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Literature Corpus work: f326f0c9-21e5-5b8f-97d9-fcab9ce1ce04
DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.26.505444

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