Ethnogenetic layering (EL): An alternative to the traditional race model in human variation and health disparity studies

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-144

  Jackson, F L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological lineage coalescence; Computational anthropology; GIS; Human biodiversity; Microethnic groups; Race

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449146099     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460801941752     Document Type: Article

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