Procedure to protect confidentiality of familial data in community genetics and genomic research

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Gaudet, Daniel ^a,b   Arsenault, Steve ^a   Bélanger, Céline ^a   Hudson, Thomas ^c   Perron, Patrice ^a,b   Bernard, Manon ^b   Hamet, Pavel ^b  

^a CHICOUTIMI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community genetics; Confidentiality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; GENETIC RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032966625     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550408.x     Document Type: Article

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