Acetylator phenotypes: Allele frequency in northwestern Argentina and review of acetylator distribution in the Americas

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 959-964

  Dipierri, Jose Edgardo ^a   Alfaro, Emma ^a   Bejarano, Ignacio Felipe ^a   Etchart, Ana Alicla ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetylator polymorphism; Argentina; Geographic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191796     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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