Direct-to-consumer genetic testing and advertising: Past, present, and future

Community Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Pirzadeh, Sara ^a   Pritzlaff, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHARMACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77956096690     PISSN: 15485315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1548-5315(11)70404-1     Document Type: Article

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