Ethical, legal and social issues in nutrigenomics: The challenges of regulating service delivery and building health professional capacity

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 622, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 138-143

  Castle, David ^a   Ries, Nola M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DTC; Ethics; Genetic tests; Genetics; Nutrigenomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAFF TRAINING;

DIET; GENOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 34547679409     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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