Europe and direct-to-consumer genetic tests

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-

  Howard, Heidi Carmen ^a   Borry, Pascal ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS;

EID: 84855982114     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3073-c1     Document Type: Letter

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