Public health genetics - Potential for public health?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-

  Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health North Rhine Westphalia Lögd   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; INFECTION; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 20644469914     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki089     Document Type: Editorial

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