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Tetyana A Andrushchenko1, Sergiy V Goncharov2, Victor E Dosenko2
1State Institution «Kundiiev Institute Of Occupational Health Of The National Academy Of Medical Sciences Of Ukraine», Kyiv, Ukraine.
Abstract:
In Ukraine, about 3 million people work in hazardous and dangerous conditions. The study of hereditary specificity in development of occupational diseases is being actively conducted through molecular genetic analysis of single-nucleotide gene polymorphisms. While studying single-nucleotide gene polymorphisms of occupational diseases, many complicated bioethical questions arise regarding the confidentiality of personal data, the choice between the profession chosen and the risk to one's own health. Complicated bioethical issues that arise when studying single-nucleotide gene polymorphisms of occupational diseases need to be actively discussed, not only by physicians, occupational pathologists, employers, scientists, but also by politicians and lawyers, taking into account ethical and social norms and implications.
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