["Group" and organization: a dimension of collaboration of anthropology and epidemiology].
"Group" is a key concept in epidemiological research and "organization" is a core concept in anthropology. Group takes focus on the specific characteristics of the subjects, while organization takes focus on the relationship between the objects. For the characteristics and relationship of the objects that interacting with each other, the two concepts could be complementary in specific studies, and this will be the basic dimension of Interdisciplinary collaboration of anthropology and epidemiology.
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Lei-ming
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Song
Ning
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Wang
D000883:Anthropology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans