Genetic issues in public health and medicine, edited by Bernice H. Cohen, Abraham M. Lilienfeld, P.C. Huang ; with an introd. by Bentley Glass

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Genetic issues in public health and medicine, edited by Bernice H. Cohen, Abraham M. Lilienfeld, P.C. Huang ; with an introd. by Bentley Glass

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edited by Bernice H. Cohen, Abraham M. Lilienfeld, P.C. Huang ; with an introd. by Bentley Glass

Instantiates

• Genetic issues in public health and medicine

Publication

• Springfield, Ill., Thomas, ©1978

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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• nc

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• txt

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Contents

• Timothy Merz
• "Eco-genetics" : genetic variation in susceptibility to environmental agents
• Gilbert Omenn and Arno G. Motulsky
• Sec. II. Prenatal diagonsis of genetic disorders
• Prenatal diagnosis of genetic disease by amniocentesis
• Barbara M. Migeon
• The national amniocentesis registry
• Charles U. Lowe
• Sec. III. Population screening and surveillance
• Screening for genetic diseases : limitations and pitfalls
• Introduction -- Some perspectives in human genetics
• George H. Thomas
• Genetic screeing : prerequisites and further considerations
• Haig H. Kazazian, Jr.
• Genetic screening for phenylketonuria and its effectiveness
• Neil A. Holtzman
• Some epidemiologic aspects of chromosomal aneuploidy
• Arthur Robinson, Walter B. Goad, Theodore T. Puck
• Cytogenetic screening of community-dwelling males
• Digamber S. Borgaonkar
• Community surveillance of birth defects
• Bentley Glass
• Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., J. William Flynt, Jr., Arthur Falek
• Sec. IV. Investigations and programs in special population segments
• A community-based program for the control of Tay-Sachs disease
• Michael M. Kaback
• Public health perspectives on screening and problems in counseling in Sickle Cell Anemia
• Robert F. Murray, Jr.
• Genetics and diabetes : some effects of ethnic background and environment
• Robin M. Bannerman
• Genetic studies in inbred populations with particular reference to the old order Amish
• Victor A. McKusick
• Sec. I. The genetic material and its interrelationship with the environment
• Sec. V. Genetic counseling and intervention
• Genetic counseling : a critical review of the published literature
• Barton Childs
• Genetic intervention : some social, psychological, and philosophical aspects
• Edmond A. Murphy, Gary A. Chase, Alejandro Rodriguez
• Sec. VI. Present capabilities and future possibilities /--
• Prevention of maternal Rh immunization
• John M. Bowman
• Transplantation : a genetic, ethical, and public health issue
• Wilma B. Bias
• DNA repair and reconstruction and their implications for public health
• Genetic engineering and gene therapy : some implications
• Robert L. Sinsheimer
• P.C. Huang
• The genetics of mammalian somatic cells
• Theodore T. Puck
• Radiation, clastogenic agents, and health

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24 cm

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xxv, 486 pages

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9780398036591

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77002181

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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99175811020001161

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(OCoLC)2818258