What does “A gene for heart disease” mean? A focus group study of public understandings of genetic risk factors

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A

• Publication date

  2003-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1002/ajmg.a.20113PMID 12749055
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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