Health and Ethnicity (SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM SERIES (SSHB)) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 9: Society for the Study of Human Biology
 
9780415241663: Health and Ethnicity (SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM SERIES (SSHB))
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ISBN 10: 0415241669 ISBN 13: 9780415241663
Publisher: CRC Press, 2000

Synopsis

It is becoming increasingly apparent that certain diseases occur at higher frequencies in different ethnic groups (e.g. Afro-Carribeans and sickle-cell anaemia). The causes for such differences are only just being investigated and the factors involved are clearly both genetic and non-genetic. The biological complexity lies in the interaction of genetic variation and lifestyle differences. Cultural differences range from diet to traditional remedies, from religious beliefs to marriage patterns and much more.
This multidisciplinary volume discusses these factors, with contributions from geneticists, medics, anthropologists, epidemiologists and social scientists. Anyone considering variation in health experience due to ethnic factors would be enriched by reading the different perspectives presented in this volume.

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Prakash Shetty, Helen Macbeth

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415241669
ISBN 13 
9780415241663
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Editor
Macbeth Helen, Shetty Prakash

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