Broad Consent for Genomic Research and Biobanking: Perspectives from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 375-393

  Tindana, Paulina ^a   De Vries, Jantina ^b  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; biobanks; broad consent; genomic research; LMICs

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOBANK; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRAWING; GENOMICS; HEALTH; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MODEL; PRIVACY; SCIENTIST; TRUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CONFIDENTIALITY; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84984917672     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022456     Document Type: Article

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