Direct-to-consumer genetic tests: Beyond medical regulation?

Genome Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Magnus, David ^a   Cho, Mildred K ^a   Cook Deegan, Robert ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 70449733214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm17     Document Type: Note

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