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Editorial
. 2022 Dec 13:9:1095203.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1095203. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: The biology and management of chronic diseases in Mexican Americans

Eron Manusov  1 , Belinda Reininger  2 , Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre  3 , Sarah Williams-Blangero  1
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Editorial: The biology and management of chronic diseases in Mexican Americans

Eron Manusov et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: Mexican Americans; chronic illnesses; community wide interventions; diabetes; frailty; social determinants of health.

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