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The Puzzle of Hypertension in African-Americans ( Preview )
Genes are often invoked to account for why high blood pressure is so common among African-Americans. Yet the rates are low in Africans. This discrepancy demonstrates how genes and the environment interact
By Charles N. Rotimi , Richard S. Cooper and Ryk Ward
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