Return of Participants’ Incidental Genetic Research Findings: Experience from a Case-Control Study of Asthma in an American Indian Community
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Disclaimer
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Best, L.G.; O’Leary, M.; O’Leary, R.; Lawrence, W.; Torgerson, D.G. Return of Participants’ Incidental Genetic Research Findings: Experience from a Case-Control Study of Asthma in an American Indian Community. J. Pers. Med. 2023, 13, 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13091407
Best LG, O’Leary M, O’Leary R, Lawrence W, Torgerson DG. Return of Participants’ Incidental Genetic Research Findings: Experience from a Case-Control Study of Asthma in an American Indian Community. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2023; 13(9):1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13091407
Chicago/Turabian StyleBest, Lyle G., Marcia O’Leary, Rae O’Leary, Wendy Lawrence, and Dara G. Torgerson. 2023. "Return of Participants’ Incidental Genetic Research Findings: Experience from a Case-Control Study of Asthma in an American Indian Community" Journal of Personalized Medicine 13, no. 9: 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13091407