Insurance, unfair discrimination, and genetic testing

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9489, 2005, Pages 877-880

  Morrison, Patrick J ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MORTALITY; NOTE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 24644523736     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67298-4     Document Type: Note

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