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Gene-environment interactions in the Italy-Argentina "Colombo 2000" project.
Functional neurology - 1 Jan 2000
Román G C
Abstract excerpt
The phenomenon of massive migration is a true "natural experiment" that offers opportunities for the study of gene-environment interactions in disease pathogenesis. Comparison of disease incidence, prevalence and mortality in the original population and in the migrant group, exposed to vastly different environmental influences, may reveal the presence of either risk factors or protective influences in one of the...
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