Field of genes: An investigation of sports-related genetic testing

Journal of Personalized Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 119-137

  Wagner, Jennifer K ^a   Royal, Charmaine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Direct to consumer; ELSI; Genetic tests; Sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONSUMER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84884255282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jpm2030119     Document Type: Article

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