DNA databanks, public opinion and the law

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 252-256

  Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Outerbridge, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DATA BASE; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

CANADA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENETIC PRIVACY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036992858     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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