Progressing from eugenics to human genetics. Celebrating the 70th birthday of Professor Newton E. Morton

Human Heredity

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-33

  Li, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anglo American; Chinese; Eugenics; Genetic counseling; Type II error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHICS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; EUGENICS; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033992475     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022888     Document Type: Article

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