Differences in disease frequency between Europeans and Polynesians: Directions for future research into genetic risk factors

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1091, 1999, Pages

  Abbott, William ^a   Scragg, Robert ^b   Marbrook, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346393995     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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