Interpreting the implications of DNA ancestry tests

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-248

  Wagner, Jennifer K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA; GENETIC TESTING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 77952926822     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.0.015     Document Type: Article

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