Research Catalog

Title

Cells and surveys : should biological measures be included in social science research? / Committee on Population ; Caleb E. Finch, James W. Vaupel, and Kevin Kinsella, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Finch, Caleb Ellicott.
• Kinsella, Kevin G.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population
• Vaupel, James W.

Description

xii, 374 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Bioethics
• Biomarkers
• Demography
• Ethics, Medical
• Genetics, Medical
• Medical ethics > Congresses
• Medical genetics > Congresses
• Research
• Social Medicine
• Social medicine > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Congress

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Collecting Biological Indicators in Household Surveys / Caleb E. Finch, James W. Vaupel 1 -- Use of Bioindicators in Demographic and Social Research -- 2 Integrating Biology into Demographic Research on Health and Aging (With a Focus on the MacArthur Study of Successful Aging) / Eileen M. Crimmins, Teresa Seeman 9 -- 3 Biological Material in Household Surveys: The Interface Between Epidemiology and Genetics / Kaare Christensen 42 -- Potential for Using Genetic Information in Demography -- 4 Demography in the Age of Genomics: A First Look at the Prospects / Douglas Ewbank 64 -- 5 Value of Sibling and Other "Relational" Data for Biodemography and Genetic Epidemilogy / George P. Vogler 110 -- Research on Aging Human Subjects -- 6 Opportunities for Population-Based Research on Aging Human Subjects: Pathology and Genetics / George M. Martin, Qubai Hu 133 -- 7 Indicators of Function in the Geriatric Population / Jeffrey B. Halter, David B. Reuben 159 -- Relevance of Animal Models and Studies for Human Populations -- 8 Biomarkers and Genetics of Aging in Mice / Richard A. Miller 180 -- 9 Relevance of Animal Models for Human Populations / Gerald E. McClearn 213 -- Value-Added Survey Research -- 10 Applying Genetic Study Designs to Social and Behavioral Population Surveys / Robert B. Wallace 229 -- 11 Stretching Social Surveys to Include Bioindicators: Possibilities for the Health and Retirement Study, Experience from the Taiwan Study of the Elderly / Maxine Weinstein, Robert J. Willis 250 -- Consent, Privacy, and Group Harm Considerations -- 12 Informed Consent for the Collection of Biological Samples in Household Surveys / Jeffrey R. Botkin 276 -- 13 Ethical and Social Issues in Incorporating Genetic Research into Survey Studies / Sharon J. Durfy 303 -- Reflection -- 14 Biosocial Opportunities for Surveys / Kenneth W. Wachter 329.

ISBN

0309071992 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^00012155^

OCLC

45363117

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library