Genetic research and health disparities

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 2985-2989

  Sankar, Pamela ^a,h   Cho, Mildred K ^c   Condit, Celeste M ^d   Hunt, Linda M ^e   Koenig, Barbara ^b,c   Marshall, Patricia ^f   Lee, Sandra Soo Jin ^c   Spicer, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCE; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

GENETIC RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942705885     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.24.2985     Document Type: Review

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