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Pinkbook: (Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases)

Nick Newman, DO1; Camille Jones, MD2; Elena Page, MD3; Diana Ceballos, PhD3; Aalok Oza, MS3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

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Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

Genetic counselor Joyce Turner, MSC, CGC, provides an overview of BRCA genes and their relationship to breast and ovarian cancer. She explains how each of us inherits BRCA genes from our parents, the role of those genes and what happens if we inherit a gene mutation. She also talks about how genetic counseling and testing can give a woman information she can use to make decisions about her health. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/videos/breast/BringYourBrave/Genetic_Counselor/BRCAGenesBreastCancer/BRCAGenesBreastCancer_lowRes.mp4

Israel T. Agaku, DMD1; Tushar Singh, MD, PhD1,2; Sherry Everett Jones, PhD, JD3; Brian A. King, PhD1; Ahmed Jamal, MBBS1; Linda Neff, PhD1; Ralph S.

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