Introduction race, genetics, and disease: Questions of evidence, matters of consequence

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-656

  Fujimura, Joan H ^a   Duster, Troy ^b   Rajagopalan, Ramya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 52949152938     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312708091926     Document Type: Review

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