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Will tomorrow's medicines work for everyone?
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 2004
Tate Sarah K, Goldstein David B
Abstract excerpt
Throughout much of the world, 'race' and 'ethnicity' are key determinants of health. For example, African Americans have, by some estimates, a twofold higher incidence of fatal heart attacks and a 10% higher incidence of cancer than European Americans, and South Asian- or Caribbean-born British are approximately 3.5 times as likely to die as a direct result of diabetes than are British of European ancestry. The...
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