Genetics and preventive health care

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 808-811

  Emery, Jon ^a   Barlow Stewart, Kristine ^b,c   Metcalfe, Sylvia A ^d,e   Sullivan, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b The Centre for Genetics Education of NSW Health   (United States)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38449113675     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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