Ethical issues in the use of genetic markers in occupational epidemiologic research

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 639-646

  Schulte, Paul A ^a   Lomax, Geoffrey P ^b   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Colligan, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032874324     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199908000-00005     Document Type: Article

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