Ethical aspects of genetic predisposition to environmentally-related disease

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b   Sorsa, Marja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental epidemiology; Ethical implications; Genetic screening

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030011709     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04986-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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