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The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(2):112; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki089
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© European Public Health Association April 2005; all rights reserved

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Public health genetics—potential for public health?

H. Brand

*Correspondence: Dr Helmut Brand MSc MFPH, Director, Institute of Public Health North Rhine-Westphalia (lögd), Westerfeldstr. 35–37, D-33611 Bielefeld, Germany, helmut.brand@loegd.nrw.de

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Although it is well understood that the disciplines of medicine and public health are different in their goals and practices, in the context of genomics this difference is even more pronounced. While medical genetics concerns the clinical decision made by a doctor to use genomic knowledge for the benefit of the patient, public health genetics may be defined as the systematic integration of genomics into public health research, policy and practice.1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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