Racial and Ethnic Differences in Disease

by Anthony P. Polednak

This book presents a comprehensive account of differences in the frequencies of various diseases among a wide range of racial and ethnic groups throughout the world today. It provides epidemiologists, physicians, sociologists, and anthropologists with a methodological framework for understanding the concepts of race and ethnic group, the use of these concepts in epidemiology, and the interpretation of epidemiologic studies of disease. The volume includes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195059700
• ISBN13: 9780195059700
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"