Genomic medicine for underserved minority populations in family medicine

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 386-387

  Qureshi, Nadeem ^a,b   Kai, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMIC MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MINORITY GROUP;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 23244451585     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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