Socio-political discourses on genetic privacy in Japan

Genetic Privacy: An Evaluation of the Ethical and Legal Landscape

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 93-124

  Matsui, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

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EID: 84967536101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781783263066_0005     Document Type: Chapter

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