What Motivates Individuals to Get Obesity Related Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests? A Reasoned Action Approach.
Background: Research suggest that genetic testing and its application (personalized medicine/precision medicine) has great potential to help public health professionals deliver proper health promotion and education to target populations who have high predispositions for certain genetic-related disea...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health Education Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 356 - 366 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov/Dec2019
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