Members of Certain Minority Groups Are More Likely to Have

question 37

Multiple Choice

Members of certain minority groups are more likely to have positive tuberculosis test results than are majority group members.How have public health workers interpreted this observation?

• A) Members of those minority groups are more likely to live in an environment in which the spread of tuberculosis is more likely to occur.
• B) Members of those minority groups have genetic predispositions to tuberculosis.
• C) Members of those minority groups have less access to medical care,so simple colds are more likely to become tuberculosis.
• D) Members of minority groups are more likely to be tested for tuberculosis.

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