Science communication: Significance for genome-based personalized medicine - A view from the Asia-Pacific

Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-96

  Kato, Kazuto ^a,b   Kano, Kei ^a   Shirai, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia pacific; Genomics and education; Genomics and society; Japan; Personal genomics; Public understanding of genomics; Science communication; Social studies of genomics and personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

ASIA; EDITORIAL; GENOME; GENOMICS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 77953795581     PISSN: 18756921     EISSN: 18756913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187569210791383956     Document Type: Editorial

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