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Evidence based public health policy and practice
Genetics and health inequalities: hypotheses and controversies

Abstract

This article reviews the current understanding of the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in health in industrialised countries and then tries to determine where genetic factors could fit into explanatory schemes. It focuses on the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in frequency of the main health problems of middle and old age.

  • genetics
  • health inequalities

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.026807

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