Is the NIH policy for sharing GWAS data running the risk of being counterproductive?

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Krawczak, Michael ^a   Goebel, Jürgen W ^b   Cooper, David N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Rechtsanwälte Goebel and Scheller ^*  (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIST;

EID: 79953907273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-1-3     Document Type: Article

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