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

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  • Timothy Caulfield
  • Pascal Borry
  • Maeghan Toews
  • Bernice S. Elger
  • Henry T. Greely
  • Amy McGuire
چکیده

1. Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2H5, Canada 2. Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium 3. Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2H5, Canada 4. Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Universität Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 5. Center for Law and the Biosciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8610, USA 6. Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA ∗Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

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دوره 2  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015