Article
Genetic disease: effects on human health.
Birth defects original article series - 1 Jan 1992
Scriver C R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation (chromosomal, single gene, multifactorial) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in human populations. It increases in relative importance along with improvement in socioeconomic and environmental conditions and in association with prudent lifestyle. It affects longe...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Canada
- Cause of Death
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Genetics, Population
- Health Status
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype