Health Risks Are Unevenly Distributed in the Population Because of Factors

question 92

Multiple Choice

Health risks are unevenly distributed in the population because of factors such as social class, race, ethnicity, and gender. Which claim follows from this statement?

• A) Health is based on medicine, which transcends sociological concepts.
• B) Health is not only a medical question but also a sociological issue.
• C) Health is a medical and biological question rather than a sociological issue.
• D) Large biological variations exist in susceptibility to disease among humans.

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Definitions:

Dosage Compensation

Any mechanism of equalizing gene expression between males and females.

Barr Body

Inactivated (condensed) X chromosome in a cell of a female mammal.

Double-Stranded RNA

A molecular structure of RNA where two complementary strands form a double-helix, often involved in gene expression and regulation.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a variant of RNA, transports genetic codes from DNA to the ribosome, outlining the amino acid sequence for proteins generated during gene expression.