The ecological/epidemiological approach in medical anthropology involves __________

A) study of how the natural environment interacts with culture to cause disease
B) study of the interaction among politics, religion, and health
C) a focus on how genetics influences death and disease
D) attention to the symbols that different cultures use to represent natural causes of death


Answer: A

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