Genomic medicine in Africa: Promise, problems and prospects

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wonkam, Ambroise ^a,b   Mayosi, Bongani M ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MEDICINE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84894445267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm528     Document Type: Article

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