Racialized genetics and the study of complex diseases: The thrifty genotype revisited

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-227

  Paradies, Yin C ^a   Montoya, Michael J ^b   Fullerton, Stephanie M ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 34248228140     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0020     Document Type: Review

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