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Making the Mexican diabetic : race, science, and the genetics of inequality / Michael J. Montoya.
Penn Museum Library RA645.D5 M66 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montoya, Michael J., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Type 2 diabetes--Mexico--Genetic aspects.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- Mexican Americans--Health and hygiene.
- Mexican Americans.
- Genetics--Research--Social aspects.
- Genetics.
- Health and race--United States.
- Health and race.
- Diabetes--Social aspects.
- Diabetes.
- Medical anthropology.
- Social medicine.
- Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology.
- Genetics--Research.
- Mexico.
- United States.
- Genetic Research.
- Indians, North American--ethnology.
- Mexican Americans--ethnology.
- Risk Factors.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Diabetes Mellitus--ethnology.
- Mexico.
- United States.
- Genetic Research.
- Indians, North American--ethnology.
- Mexican Americans--ethnology.
- Risk Factors.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Biological or social : allelic variation and the making of race in single nucleotide polymorphism-based research
- Genes and disease on the U.S.-Mexico border : the science of state formation in diabetes research
- Purity and danger : when one stands for many
- Collaboration and power : processing cultures and culturing data
- Recruiting race : commodification of Mexicana/o bodies from the U.S.-Mexico border
- Bioethnic conscription.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780520267305
- 0520267303
- 9780520267312
- 0520267311
- OCLC:
- 664319212
- Publisher Number:
- 99942540220
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