Description |
xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 41 |
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Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 41
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Contents |
Introduction / Helen Macbeth and Prakash Shetty -- Defining the ethnic group : important and impossible / Helen Macbeth -- Ethnicity and race as epidemiological variables : centrality of purpose and context / Raj Bhopal -- The contribution of socio-economic position to health differentials between ethnic groups : evidence from the United States and Britain / James Y. Nazroo and George Davey Smith -- Health : an elusive concept / Gilbert Lewis -- Human inbreeding : a familiar story full of surprises /Alan H. Bittles ... [et al.] -- The inherited disorders of haemoglobin / David J. Weatherall --Genetic variation and ethnic variability in disease risk / Ryk Ward -- Approaches to investigating the genetic basis of ethnic differences to disease risk / Paul McKeigue -- Diabetes, ancestral diets and dairy foods : an evolutionary perspective on population differences in susceptibility to diabetes / Anthony J. McMichael -- Variations in health and disease : race, ethnicity or 'nutrition transition' / Prakash Shetty -- Ethnic variations and cardiovascular disease / Sonia Anand and Salim Yusuf -- Ethnicity and the risk of cancer /D. Max Parkin -- 'Culture' in the field of race and mental health / Roland Littlewood -- Sexual health and ethnicity / K.A. Fenton and Kaye Wellings -- Challenges and policy implications of ethnic diversity and health / R. Balarajan |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Ethnic groups -- Health and hygiene.
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Health -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Minorities -- Health and hygiene.
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Minorities -- Medical care.
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Social medicine.
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Ethnic Groups.
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Health Status.
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- ethnology.
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease -- ethnology.
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Life Style -- ethnology.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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Author |
Macbeth, Helen
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Shetty, P. S
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LC no. |
00046676 |
ISBN |
0415241669 |
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0415241677 |
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