Paper Title
The uses of race and ethnicity in human microbiome research
Keywords
- ethnicity
- race
- microbiome
- human microbiome
- health disparities
- social determinants of health
- genetic variation
- cultural influences
- epidemiology
- microbiota
- gut microbiome
- microbial diversity
- public health
- personalized medicine
- ancestry
- environmental factors
- healthcare inequality
- biomedical research
- precision medicine
- racial and ethnic differences
- socioeconomic factors
- population health
- genetic ancestry
- health equity
- microbiome and disease
- community health
- translational medicine
- medical anthropology
- health policy
Article Type
Research Article
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 21 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 165–166
Published On
April, 2013
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Abstract
Research on the human microbiome is beginning to address factors associated with between-group differences. Recognition of the social and political nature of traditional race and ethnicity categories will allow microbiome research to contribute to reduction of health disparities while avoiding attribution of causal inference to specific race and ethnicity categories.
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