Walker B, Goodwin N J, Warren R C
Center for Epidemiologic Research, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1995 Feb;87(2):123-9.
Demographic shifts and other social and economic forces as well as the increasing concerns about environmental determinants of disease and dysfunction have focused more attention on the disproportionate burden of environmental risk on blacks and other minorities. This article reviews these developments and identifies related challenges and opportunities confronting the medical community in the prevention of environmentally provoked disease among black Americans.
人口结构变化以及其他社会和经济因素,再加上人们对疾病和功能障碍的环境决定因素日益关注,使得环境风险对黑人和其他少数族裔造成的不成比例负担受到了更多关注。本文回顾了这些发展情况,并确定了医学界在预防美国黑人中由环境引发的疾病方面面临的相关挑战和机遇。