Defining statistical race and phenotypic race and their implications for health disparities

Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-242

  Lee, S S J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA biobanks; Genetic ancestry; Health disparities; Pharmacogenomics; Race based therapeutics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MARKER GENE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 73649105806     PISSN: 18756921     EISSN: 18756913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187569209790112300     Document Type: Review

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