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Public Health Genomics: the essential part for good governance in public health

Authors: Angela Brand, Nikolaos Evangelatos, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 4/2016

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In view of the importance of the report of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina 2015), discussion on the health impact of Omics was invited (Künzli 2015). We would like to expand the view previously published in this journal (Razum et al. 2015). …

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Title: Public Health Genomics: the essential part for good governance in public health
Authors: Angela Brand
Nikolaos Evangelatos
Kapaettu Satyamoorthy
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0828-6

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