Marginally scientific? Genetic testing of children and adolescents for lifestyle and health promotion

Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 627-644

  Caulfield, Timothy ^a   Borry, Pascal ^b   Toews, Maeghan ^a   Elger, Bernice S ^c   Greely, Henry T ^d   McGuire, Amy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genetic testing; Genetic testing of adolescents; Genetic testing of children; Genetic testing policy; Genetic testing regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054987504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lsv038     Document Type: Article

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