Raising awareness of pre-symptomatic genetic testing

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Boerwinkel, Dirk Jan ^a   Knippels, Marie Christine ^a   Waarlo, Arend Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Elite sport; Genetic testing; Socioscientific issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255169454     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2011.572987     Document Type: Article

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