Sub-Saharan centralized biorepository for genetic and genomic research

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-213

  Gasmelseed, Nagla ^a   Elsir, Afrah Awad ^a   DeBlasio, Pasquale ^b   Biunno, Ida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b BioRep SrL   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Biorepository; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIO-MOLECULAR; BIO-SAMPLES; BIOBANKS; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTERS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOREPOSITORY; COMPLEX DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW UP; FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS; GENETIC STUDIES; GENOMIC RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; HUMAN DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS; PHENOTYPING; RESEARCH GROUPS; SUB-SAHARAN;

TISSUE;

RESEARCH;

CANCER; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GENOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPOSITORY; RESEARCH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIOREPOSITORY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN; BLACK PERSON; ETHICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TISSUE BANK;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SUDAN; TISSUE BANKS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 84859008187     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.054     Document Type: Article

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