National interests and international collaboration: Tensions and ambiguity among Finns towards usages of tissue samples

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-441

  Tupasela, Aaro ^a   Snell, Karoliina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

biobanks; donation; nationalism; participation; tissue economies; tissue samples

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIOBANKING; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; SOCIETY; TISSUES;

EID: 84871279445     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2012.692548     Document Type: Review

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