What are the stakes? Genetic nondiscrimination legislation and personal genomics

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-418

  Prainsack, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 56149093212     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17410541.5.5.415     Document Type: Editorial

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