The Alaska Area Specimen Bank: a tribal–federal partnership to maintain and manage a resource for health research

Banked biospecimens from a defined population are a valuable resource that can be used to assess early markers for illness or to determine the prevalence of a disease to aid the development of intervention strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality. The Alaska Area Specimen Bank (AASB) currently c...

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Main Authors: Alan J. Parkinson, Thomas Hennessy, Lisa Bulkow, H. Sally Smith, the Alaska Area Specimen Bank Working Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-04-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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Online Access:http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/20607/pdf_1