Genomics in public health: Perspective from the office of public health genomics at the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc)

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 830-837

  Green, Ridgely Fisk ^a   David Dotson, W ^a   Bowen, Scott ^a   Kolor, Katherine ^a   Khoury, Muin J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Epidemiology; Genetics; Genomics; Guidelines; Horizon scanning; Office of Public Health Genomics; Precision medicine; Public health; Public health genomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017012431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare3030830     Document Type: Review

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