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Review
. 2004 May 1;328(7447):1070-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1070.

Genetics, race, ethnicity, and health

Neil Pearce  1 , Sunia Foliaki, Andrew Sporle, Chris Cunningham
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Review

Genetics, race, ethnicity, and health

Neil Pearce et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Genetics plays only a small part in ethnic differences in health, and other factors are often more amenable to change

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Figure 1
Environmental factors have more influence on health than genetic differences
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