Genomic medicine: The future is now Lessons for Hong Kong from the House of Lord's Report on Genomic Medicine

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 324-325

  Zimmern, Ron L ^a  

^a PHG FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HONG KONG; HUMANS;

EID: 70350216046     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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