World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 282: Human Genetics and Public Health

By E. Matsunaga

Book Id: WPLBN0000106050
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 282: Human Genetics and Public Health
Author:	E. Matsunaga
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Matsunaga, E. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 282. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Medical Reference Publication

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INTRODUCTION Man's body and his mind, and his physical and mental well-being (or disease) are all products of the interactions between his heredity and the environments he encounters in the course of his life. Neither human heredity nor the environment is constant. Except for identical twins and other identical multiple births, probably no two human beings have identical genes. No two persons are exposed to quite the same sequence of environments.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . Burden to the community of genetic disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1 Diseases with simple inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.2 Diseases with more complex inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.3 Susceptibility to infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.4 The genetic contribution to reproductive wastage . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 . Possible genetic consequences of current human activities . . . . . . . . . 16 2.1 Mutagenic agents in the human en\~iromlent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.2 Consanguineous marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.3 Economic. cultural and demographic patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.4 Public health measures and medical care services . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3 . Possible preventive and remedial measures for the control of human disabilities in the light of genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.1 Control of mutagenic agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.2 Genetic counselling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.3 Eugenic considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3.4 Other genetic preventive measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3.5 Preventive and curative treatment and rehabilitation . . . . . . . . . . 33 4 . Information needed for public health policies and research . . . . . . . . 34 4.1 Particular kinds of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.2 Utilization of vital and health records for research and public health measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5 . Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Annex . Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38