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Screening workers for genetic hypersusceptibility: potential ethical, legal, and social implications from the Human Genome Project.

Journal of health and human services administration - 1 Jan 1999

Wicks A C, Sever L E, Harty R, Gajewski S W, Marcus-Smith M

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One of the potential outcomes of the Human Genome Project will be the ability to identify individuals who are at increased risk of adverse health effects following exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace because of genetic hypersusceptibility. The ability to identify such individuals is likely to lead to the inclusion of genetic screening in worker protection programs. This technology and its...

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