Genetics and Public Health
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چکیده
I Introduction II Populations targeted by public health genetics interventions III Ethical, legal, and social implications of public health genetic interventions III 1. Use of genetic information: confidentiality and discrimination III 2. DNA banks III 3. Prenatal diagnosis, assisted reproduction and embryo selection IV Examples of the role of public health in genetics IV 1. Folic acid and neural tube defects IV 2. Newborn screening IV 3. Carrier screening in the context of reproductive decisions IV 4. Prenatal screening for aneuploidy and neural tube defects IV 5. Screening for genetic susceptibilities in adults IV 6. Pharmacogenetics and ecogenetics IV 7. Personalized Health Care and Genetic Information Conclusion
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