Informed consent and ethical re-use of African genomic data

Human Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wright, Galen E B ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale A ^b   Tiffin, Nicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethics; Informed consent; Secondary use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SKILL; BLACK PERSON; ETHICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME; PROCEDURES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84964696436     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40246-014-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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