Genes and behavior: Will genetic information change the way we see ourselves?

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Backlar, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Community Mental Healthcare Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; REVIEW;

GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029885279     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02249420     Document Type: Article

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