Psychological and social consequences of community carrier screening programme for cystic fibrosis.

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Published in Lancet on July 25, 1992

Authors

E K Watson1, E S Mayall, J Lamb, J Chapple, R Williamson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, UK.

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