Health and ethnicity / edited by Helen Macbeth and Prakash Shetty.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 41.
Other Authors:	Macbeth, Helen M. Shetty, Prakash S.
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2001.
Series:	Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 41.
Subjects:	Ethnic groups > Health and hygiene. Minorities > Health and hygiene. Minorities > Medical care. Social medicine. Health > Cross-cultural studies. Ethnicity. Health Status. Genetic Diseases, Inborn > ethnology. Genetic Predisposition to Disease > ethnology. Life Style > ethnology. Socioeconomic Factors. Conference papers and proceedings.
Genre:	Cross-cultural studies. Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:	xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format:	Book

Partial Contents:

Introduction
Defining the ethnic group: important and impossible
Ethnicity and race as epidemiological variables: centrality of purpose and context
The contribution of socio-economic position to health differentials between ethnic groups: evidence from the United States and Britain
Health: the elusive concept
Human inbreeding: a familiar story full of surprises
The inherited disorders of haemoglobin
Genetic variation and ethnic variability in disease risk
Approaches to investigating the genetic basis of ethnic differences to disease risk
Diabetes, ancestral diets and dairy foods: an evolutionary perspective on population differences in susceptibility to diabetes
Variations in health and disease: race, ethnicity or 'nutrition transition'
Ethnic variations and cardiovascular disease
Ethnicity and the risk of cancer
'Culture' in the field of race and mental health
Sexual health and ethnicity
Challenges and policy implications of ethnic diversity and health.