Genetic admixture and gallbladder disease in Mexican Americans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-371

  Tseng, Marilyn ^a,f   Williams, Robert C ^b   Maurer, Kurt R ^c   Schanfield, Moses S ^d   Knowler, William C ^e   Everhart, James E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d Analytical Genetic Testing Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Cholelithiasis; Genetics; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031845082     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199807)106:3<361::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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