The ethics of access to online genetic databases: Private or public?

American Journal of PharmacoGenomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-212

  Marks, A D ^a   Steinberg, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; COST; DATA BASE; ETHICS; GENOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REVIEW;

EID: 0036397565     PISSN: 11752203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129785-200202030-00006     Document Type: Review

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