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Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease

1990; American College of Physicians; Volume: 113; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-113-4-335_2

1539-3704

J.K. Cruickshank, J.K. Cruickshank, D G Beevers,

Global Health and Epidemiology

Part 1 Background issues: migration, ethnicity, health and disease the changing nature of populations - the British example general approaches to migrant studies - the relation between disease, social class and ethnic origin genetic versus environmental influences on disease - perspectives on obesity in particular populations molecular markers of ethnic groups. Part 2 Epidemiology: the health of migrants in England and Wales - causes of death epidemiological and clinical comparison of cardiovascular disease in blacks and whites in the USA blood pressure in urban and rural East Africa - the Kenyan Luo migrant study. Part 3 Sociology: Sociology of race and health. Part 4 Specific medical aspects: pregnancy and antenatal care viral infections of pregnancy and childhood haematological and clinical aspects of sickle cell disease in Britain thalassaemia screening ethics and practice running a sickle cell centre community counselling sickle cell screening and its value in Jamaica rheumatic disorders and SLE cancer in migrant populations - a study in Singapore the human retroviruses - human T-leukemia/lymphoma virus and human disease HTLV-I associated lymphomas/leukemias - the Jamaican experience psychiatric practice and ethnic minorities ethnic factors in psychoses - a picture from Birmingham UK a perspective from Nottingham UK psychiatric hospital admissions in North London tuberculosis sarcodosis nutritional patterns and deficiencies features of Gujarati, Punjab and Muslim diets in the UK diets and food habits in the Indian subcontinent nutrition of Asian children - fetus and newborn nutrition of Asian children - infants and toddlers food type and preference among Afro-Caribbeans in Britain high blood pressure/stroke ischaemic heart disease ethnicity, lipoproteins and haemostatic factors diabetes management of hypertension in the Caribbean - the Jamaican perspective diabetes mellitus and its management in the Caribbean.