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Intentions to Donate to a Biobank in a National Sample of African Americans
Author(s) -
Jasmine A. McDonald,
Susan T. Vadaparampil,
Deborah J. Bowen,
Gayenell Magwood,
Jihad S. Obeid,
Melanie Jefferson,
Richard Drake,
Mulugeta Gebregziabher,
Chanita Hughes Halbert
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
public health genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1662-8063
pISSN - 1662-4246
DOI - 10.1159/000360472
Subject(s) - biobank , biorepository , sample (material) , medicine , african american , family medicine , cancer genetics , gerontology , psychology , demography , environmental health , cancer , genetics , biology , history , chemistry , ethnology , chromatography , sociology
Despite the investments being made to develop biobanks, African Americans are under-represented in genomic studies. We identified factors having significant independent associations with intentions to donate personal health information and blood and/or tissue samples to a biobank in a national random sample of African Americans (n = 1,033).

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