African Americans' opinions about human-genetics research

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-66

  Achter, Paul ^a   Parrott, Roxanne ^b   Silk, Kami ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29144437732     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2990/1471-5457(2004)23[60:AAOAHR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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