Genomics and global health: Hype, reality, and a call for action in the developing and the developed world

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7345, 2002, Pages 1051-1052

  Pang, Tikki ^a   Weatherall, David ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037018693     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1051     Document Type: Editorial

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