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Genetics and health disparities: fears and realities
Keith E Whitfield1, Sebrina A Wiggins, Dwayne T Brandon
1Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|August 13, 2003
Abstract:
The development and testing of explanatory hypotheses about the underlying mechanisms that create health disparities among ethnic minorities will be crucial in identifying solutions for reducing the current differentials. This paper addresses the potential for using genetic information as a useful and necessary addition to approaches to measures of the "environment" in the study of the origins of health disparities. Approaches and theoretical perspectives on the integration of social science and genetic findings are discussed.