The genetic privacy of presidential candidates.
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SUBMITTER: Green RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2925179 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
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The genetic privacy of presidential candidates.
Green Robert C RC Annas George J GJ
The New England journal of medicine 20081101 21
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