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Health privacy in genetic research: Populations and persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Bartha Maria Knoppers  and
Ma'n H. Abdul-Rahman
Bartha Maria Knoppers
Affiliation:
Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A1A4 bartha.knoppers@mcgill.ca
Ma'n H. Abdul-Rahman
Affiliation:
Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A1A4 man.abdul-rahman@mcgill.ca
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Forum: Biopolitics and the Road Ahead
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 99 - 101
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