National population-based biobanks for genetic research

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Swede, Helen ^a,c   Stone, Carol L ^b   Norwood, Alyssa R ^c  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biobanks; Genetic predisposition to disease; Genomics; Human Genome Project; MeSH tissue banks; Public health genomics

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNDING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFORMED CONSENT; PLANNING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247135853     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3180330039     Document Type: Review

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