Ethical, legal, and social considerations in conducting the Human Microbiome Project

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1861-1864

  McGuire, Amy L ^a   Colgrove, James ^b   Whitney, Simon N ^a   Diaz, Christina M ^a   Bustillos, Daniel ^c   Versalovic, James ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIOETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MICROBIOME; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149085477     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.081653.108     Document Type: Review

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