When is the Use of Race/Ethnicity Appropriate in Risk Assessment Tools for Preconceptual or Antenatal Genetic Screening and How Should it be Used?

Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-975

  Aspinall, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family origins; genetics; race; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885791426     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038513493537     Document Type: Article

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