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Sociodemographic Factors in the Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Sociodemographic Factors in the Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Medical Studies
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Multiple Sclerosis continues to be one of the most baffling and
destructive diseases of our time, disabling a multitude of people
around the globe. For researchers in various disciplines who are
concerned with readily locating published data that are relevant to
the sociodemographic factors in the epidemiology of MS, this volume
makes accessible subject topics that focus on the demographic,
sociocultural, and methodological correlates of the disease.
Compiler George W. Lowis has gathered four decades of published
research findings into this unique and useful volume. He provides
summaries of 213 projects grouped according to whether they could
possibly be implicated, either positively or negatively, as
determinants of MS prevalence or incidence. Summaries of 192
projects look at 11 different demographic and sociocultural
correlates of MS such as diet, ethnicity, urban-rural residence,
and more. An additional 21 projects focus on the methodology or
case ascertainment used. The majority of sample projects were
abstracted from medical literature published in journals and books
since 1960. Each project has been edited and presented in such a
way that the author's purpose for conducting the research is made
explicit, as are the main findings and conclusion. Divided into two
parts, the volume first zeroes in on the sociodemographic projects.
Included in the eleven chapters of this section are the demographic
factors that may be implicated in MS such as age, sex, ethnicity,
occupation, place of birth or residence, and population migration.
Etiological factors in the sociocultural part of the environment
include such variables as the types of social relationships and
patterns of living that characterize people of different sexes,
ages, races, and social classes and the ideas, values, and norms
possessed and used by people in matters such as diet and nutrition,
sanitation, and pet ownership. The second section reviews
methodologic projects from the point of view of data collection and
case ascertainment techniques used. Each of the 213 projects
contains five sets of research information: a discussion of the
purpose and occasionally the locale of the study; data relevant to
the population studied; a report on the findings of the project; a
brief concluding summary; and finally, an overview of other factors
positively or negatively implicated. As the only book that
approaches the epidemiology of MS with this focus, this annotated
bibliography will be a tool of inestimable value to researchers in
the fields of medical sociology, epidemiology, social epidemiology,
public health, environmental health, and medical anthropology.
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