Human genetic variation and health: New assessment approaches based on ethnogenetic layering

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-235

  Jackson, Fatimah L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3142779905     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldh012     Document Type: Review

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