In search of the hypothesis. Catalogue en ligne

Titre :	In search of the hypothesis. (1995)
Auteurs :	J.S. KAUFMAN ; R.S. COOPER ; Loyola univ Stritch school medicine. Dep preventive medicine epidemiology. Maywood IL. USA
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Public health reports (vol. 110, n° 6, 1995)
Pagination :	662-666
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Epidémiologie ; Morbidité ; Race ; Homme
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST dR0x3l1e. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. EPIDEMIOLGIC STUDIES OF racial differences sorely lack sound and explicit hypotheses. Race is a social convention, not a biological concept. Its careless use in epidemiology demonstrates a failure to generate appropriate hypotheses to study its role in health. Studies of hypertension in blacks illustrate the point. Two underlying pitfalls plague hypotheses and circularity, where efforts to understand social factors have the effect of emphasizing racial differences. The proper prescription is to identify explicity the hypotheses of interest, including their origins and implication.

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