Genome-based health literacy: A new challenge for public health genomics

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Syurina, E V ^a   Brankovic, I ^a   Probst Hensch, N ^b,c   Brand, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genome based knowledge and technologies; Health information; Health literacy; Health policy making; Knowledge translation; Public health genomics; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; EPIGENETICS; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GENOMICS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79960123209     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324238     Document Type: Article

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