title: [Biology and culture: a dimension of collaboration between anthropology and epidemiology].
abstract: Biology is the important basis of epidemiological study. Based on biology, psychology, social and cultural factors can influence human's health and disease incidence. The medical mode has changed from "biomedical mode" to "bio-psycho-social medical model" , but culture factor was neglected somewhat during this process, so paying attention to culture factor in anthropologic study and using it as biologic basis in epidemiologic study might be a dimension of collaboration between of anthropology and epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology/Ethnology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Leiming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans