Ethical, social, and cultural issues related to clinical genetic testing and counseling in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review.

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Published in Syst Rev on July 11, 2017

Authors

Adrina Zhong1, Benedict Darren2,3, Helen Dimaras4,5,6,7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Health Promotion, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2: Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
3: Present Address: Michael G. DeGroote Medical School, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
4: Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. helen.dimaras@utoronto.ca.
5: Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@utoronto.ca.
6: Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Room 7260, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada. helen.dimaras@utoronto.ca.
7: Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@utoronto.ca.
8: Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. helen.dimaras@utoronto.ca.

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