Journal article
National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Family History and Improving Health
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol.151(12), pp.872-877
12/15/2009
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-12-200912150-00165
PMID: 19884615
Abstract
The National Institutes of Health statement on family history and improving family health is presented. Many common diseases have genetic, environmental, and lifestyle antecedents that family members share, and health care professionals in the United States have long used family history information as a risk assessment tool. In addition, most hereditary diseases have been elucidated through the study of families. A person's family history has the potential to capture information about shared factors that contribute to risk for common diseases, such as diabetes, stroke, cancer, and heart disease. Family history is also used routinely in many other ways, including its well-defined use in determining who might benefit from genetic testing and its use in the interpretation of genetic test results.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Family History and Improving Health
- Creators
- Alfred O BergMacaran A BairdJeffrey R BotkinDeborah A DriscollPaul A FishmanPeter D GuarinoRobert A HiattGail P JarvikSandra Millon-UnderwoodThomas M MorganJohn J MulvihillToni I PollinSelma R SchimmelMichael Edward StefanekWilliam M VollmerJanet K Williams - University of Iowa, Nursing
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol.151(12), pp.872-877
- Publisher
- American College of Physicians; Philadelphia
- DOI
- 10.7326/0003-4819-151-12-200912150-00165
- PMID
- 19884615
- ISSN
- 0003-4819
- eISSN
- 1539-3704
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/15/2009
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557437202771
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