TY - JOUR T1 - Anthropology in public health. Bridging differences in culture and society. JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 528 LP - 528 DO - 10.1136/jech.55.7.528b VL - 55 IS - 7 AU - ENRIQUE PERDIGUERO Y1 - 2001/07/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/55/7/528.3.abstract N2 - Anthropology in public health. Bridging differences in culture and society. Robert A Hahn, ed. (Pp 384; price not stated). New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-19-512902-4 (cloth); 0-19-511955-X (paper).The stated objectives of this anthology are to provide examples, for both public health and kindred audiences, on how anthropology is useful, if not necessary, in public health and to describe that discipline, supplying, as well, resources for its further exploration and application. In doing so, the editor, an epidemiologist and renowned anthropologist, has chosen studies conducted in North and South America, as well as in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The 16 chapters contained in the anthology have been … ER -