title: Health Disparities and the Microbiome.
abstract: An individual's microbiome is likely to be an important contributor to certain health disparity diseases and conditions. We present a framework to study the role of the microbiome and the multiple factors that are likely to influence differences in disease predisposition, onset, and progression at the individual and population level.
authors.affiliation: Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive Room B1B37-G, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Keisha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Findley
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Building Room 615, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Departments of Dermatology and Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Curie Boulevard, 1007 BRB II/III, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Grice
authors.affiliation: Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive Room B1B37-G, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: bonhamv@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Vence L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Bonham
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000382:microbiology; D004777:Environment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: environment; health disparities; interdisciplinary studies; microbiome