Testing for genetic susceptibility: What you see is not what you get

Accountability in Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Holtzman, Neil A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Clinical laboratories; Genetic tests; Mass media; Public relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY; MASS MEDIUM; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; REPRODUCTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; TIME; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECONOMICS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LABORATORIES; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0030667575     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989629708573900     Document Type: Article

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