Scientific and ethical aspects of genetic screening of workers for cancer risk: the case of the N-acetyltransferase phenotype.

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(94)00131-9

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Scientific and ethical aspects of genetic screening of workers for cancer risk: the case of the N-acetyltransferase phenotype.

Journal of clinical epidemiology - 1 Feb 1995

Vineis P, Schulte P A

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Our expanding capacity to detect human genetic susceptibility to various chronic diseases presents us with the opportunity to screen asymptomatic people for purposes of employment, insurance or credit. It also brings with it the responsibility of deciding the ethical and social value of such appl...

Topics

Acetylation
Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
Beneficence
Disclosure
Disease Susceptibility
Ethics, Medical
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Testing
Genotype
Humans
Neoplasms
Occupational Health
Personal Autonomy
Phenotype

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