Consent to DNA collection in epidemiological studies: Findings from the Whitehall II cohort and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-206

  Meisel, Susanne F ^a   Shankar, Aparna ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort; consent; DNA; ELSA; genetic testing; Whitehall II

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC, RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027949412     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.0b013e31822e5778     Document Type: Article

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