A family does preconception testing for early identification of cerebral palsy to make childbearing decisions by using genetic markers. The PHN recognizes that this area of study is called
A. The Human Genome Project
B. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
C. Ecological epidemiology
D. Genomics
ANS: D
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