International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:23-25
© International Epidemiological Association 2003
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Race, genes, and health—new wine in old bottles?
Correspondence: Dr RS Cooper, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. E-mail: rcooper@lumc.edu
Accepted 17 October 2002
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Technological advances that make it possible to identify nucleotide variants on a large scale are having an enormous impact on many fields in biology. This incursion of genetics is even being felt in the previously remote fields of epidemiology and public health. Yet while measuring the molecular basis of genetic variation will undoubtedly alter our understanding of the biological world, the implications for public health are much less clear. One of the most contentious areas involves the role of genetics in shaping health patterns among populations. In the ‘pre-genomic’ era race was the surrogate for genetic effects at the population level, and it must follow that molecular research will now largely transform that agenda. Although we are at the earliest stages several critical issues have already emerged, and a burgeoning literature exists in both epidemiology and genetics on the application of the new molecular technology to the study of race
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