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Empirical Research on the Ethics of Genomic Research

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A (2013)

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Volume 161, Issue 8, Pages 2099-2101

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DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36067

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