Socio-cultural, genetic data work together to reveal health disparities
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 19:49
in Health & Medicine
How society sees people in terms of race might play a greater role than genetics when it comes to health disparities between different groups. The study by University of Florida researchers is the first to rigorously combine both socio-cultural and genetic data to simultaneously test the relative contributions of each to racial inequalities in health.