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Racial Differences in Paraoxonase-1 (PON1): A Factor in the Health of Southerners?

BACKGROUND: The southern United States (excluding Florida) has the highest age-adjusted rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the country, with African Americans having a higher prevalence of CVD than Caucasians. Paraoxonase-1 (PON1), an enzyme associated with high-density lipoprotein particles, p...

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Autores principales: Davis, Kimberly A., Crow, J. Allen, Chambers, Howard W., Meek, Edward C., Chambers, Janice E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900569