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[Biology and culture: a dimension of collaboration between anthropology and epidemiology]
1Department of Anthropology/Ethnology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
Abstract:
Biology is the important basis of epidemiological study. Based on biology, psychology, social and cultural factors can influence human's health and disease incidence. The medical mode has changed from "biomedical mode" to "bio-psycho-social medical model" , but culture factor was neglected somewhat during this process, so paying attention to culture factor in anthropologic study and using it as biologic basis in epidemiologic study might be a dimension of collaboration between of anthropology and epidemiology.
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