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Editorial

What are the Stakes? Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation and Personal Genomics

Barbara PrainsackKing‘s College London, Centre for Biomedicine & Society, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK. Tel.: +44 207 848 1585; Fax.: +44 791 262 2901;[email protected];  www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/cbas/staff/acad/bp.html
Pages 415-418 | Published online: 09 Sep 2008

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