Health and Ethnicity

摘要: 1. Introduction Helen Macbeth and Prakash Shetty 2. Defining the Ethnic Group Important Impossible 3. Ethnicity Race as Epidemiological Variables: Centrality of Purpose Context Raj Bhopal 4. The Contribution Socioeconomic Position to Health Differentials Between Groups: Evidence from US Britain James Nazroo George Davey Smith 5. Health: An Elusive Concept Gilbert Lewis 6. Human Inbreeding: A Familiar Story Full Surprises Alan Bittles et al. 7. Inherited Disorders Haemoglobin David J. Weatherall 8. Genetic Variation Variablility in Disease Risk Ryk Ward 9. Approaches Investigating Basis Differences Paul McKeigue 10. Diabetes, Ancestral Diets Dairy Foods: Evolutionary Perspective on Population In Susceptibility Diabetes Anthony McMichael 11. Variations Disease: Race, or 'Nutritional Transition'? 12. Cardiovascular Sonia S. Anand Salim Yusuf 13. Cancer D. Max Parkin 14. 'Culture' Field Mental Roland Littlewood 15. Sexual Kaye Wellings K. A. Fenton 16. Challenges Policy Implications Diversity Rasaratnam Balarajan Bhopal, University Edinburgh Medical School, Nazroo, College London, Lewis, Cambridge, Allan Bittles, Edith Cowan University, Weatherall, Oxford, Ward, McKeigue, London School Hygiene Tropical Medicine, Mc Michael, Shetty, Parkin, International Agency for Research Cancer, Littlewood, Wellings, K.A. Fenton, Hygeine R. Balarajan, St Bernard's Hospital, Yusuf, McMaster Anand, Hamilton General Smith, Bristol University.