Genetics, race, ethnicity, and health

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7447, 2004, Pages 1070-1072

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Foliaki, Sunia ^a   Sporle, Andrew ^c   Cunningham, Chris ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENOTEROL;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PHENOTYPE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 2342641494     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1070     Document Type: Short Survey

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