Genetics and genomics in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 689-691

  Liaw, Siaw Teng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Genetics; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; HUMAN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOMICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS;

EID: 77957377033     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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