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Genetic and environmental contributions to cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican Americans. The San Antonio Family Heart Study.
Circulation - 1 Nov 1996
Mitchell B D, Kammerer C M, Blangero J, Mahaney M C, Rainwater D L, Dyke B, Hixson J E, Henkel R D, Sharp R M, Comuzzie A G, VandeBerg J L, Stern M P, MacCluer J W
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BACKGROUND: The familial aggregation of coronary heart disease can be in large part accounted for by a clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors. To elucidate the determinants of cardiovascular disease, many epidemiological studies have focused on the behavioral and lifestyle determinants of these risk factors, whereas others have examined whether specific candidate genes influence quantitative variation...
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