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Science 24 October 2003:
Vol. 302. no. 5645, pp. 594 - 596
DOI: 10.1126/science.302.5645.594
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Race and Medicine

Constance Holden

Genetic studies of population differences, although controversial, promise clues to disease as well as new drug targets, scientists believe.

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