Epigenetics and the environment in bioethics

Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 327-334

  Dupras, Charles ^b   Ravitsky, Vardit ^a   Williams Jones, Bryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Social and Preventive Medicine School of Public Health University of Montrea ^*

Author keywords

Bioethics; Determinants of health; Environment; Epigenetics; Public health; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BIOETHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHICAL THEORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84905921909     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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