Race, ethnicity, and health: Can genetics explain disparities?

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-174

  Braun, Lundy ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036094850     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2002.0023     Document Type: Review

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