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The role of genetic/genomic factors in health, illness and care provision.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) - 1 Jan 2000
Tonkin Emma, Skirton Heather
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This is the fifth in a series of articles on genetics. This article focuses on the science that informs health care and explains how genetics (the study of inheritance and variation) and genomics (the study of the structure and function of the genome and its interactions with the environment) relate to health, illness and care provision. This article does not set out to review all of the core concepts in genetics...
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