Seventeenth-century European origins of hereditary diseases in the saguenay population (Quebec, Canada)

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-225

  Heyer, Evelyne ^a   Tremblay, Marc ^b   Desjardins, Bertrand ^c  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

COMMON FOUNDERS; EUROPEAN ORIGINS; FRENCH CANADIANS; GENETIC CONTRIBUTION; HEREDITARY DISEASES; SAGUENAY REGION

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031128160     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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