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Drug Therapy as an Aspect of Ecological Genetics

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Human beings have been subjected to many changes in their environment in the last century and most of these cannot be accurately defined and quantified. However, a fairly recent one which can be studied with some precision relates to the fact that about half the population now consumes some type of drug medication more or less regularly.

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    Robert Creed

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Evans, D.A.P. (1971). Drug Therapy as an Aspect of Ecological Genetics. In: Creed, R. (eds) Ecological Genetics and Evolution. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0432-7_18

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