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Appendix C: Table of International Programs
Pages 187-192

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From page 187...
... . Brazilian Brazil The aim is to offer public Birth location in Brazil Initiative on access to genomic and Precision phenotypic data from Brazil Medicine to scientists and clinicians (BIPMed)
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... . Malaysia Cohort Malaysia Aims to recruit 100,000 Ethnicity -- Malay, Chinese, Study individuals aged 35–70 years Indian, Other; Locality -- to identify risk factors, gene– urban or rural environment interactions, and biomarkers for cancer and other diseases (Jamal et al., 2015)
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... to recruit 60,000 participants. term residents who are The goal of the biobank is to members of Arab groups collect information to study other than Qatari, and long how lifestyle, environment, term residents of non-Arab and genes affect health locally groups.
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... , Libyan, Moroccan, Sephardi (Turkey and Bulgaria) , Tunisian, Yemenite UK Biobank United Genetic and health Self-reported ethnicity Kingdom information of over half a which includes white (white million participants in the UK British, white Irish, and other (Fry et al., 2017)
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... 2022. Nationwide genomic biobank in Mexico unravels demographic history and complex trait architecture from 6,057 individuals.
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... 2021. Genetic profiles of 103,106 individuals in the Taiwan biobank provide insights into the health and history of Han Chinese.
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