Differential Profile of Primary and Recurrent Ameloblastomas Among Afro-descendants and Non-Afro-descendants-a Systematic Review. [PDF]
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities, 2023 Ameloblastoma is an aggressively growing jaw tumor with high recurrent properties. Reports on global and racial distribution of ameloblastoma are variable and inconclusive. The role of race and ethnicity on ameloblastoma growth characteristics, genetic mutational profile, and recurrence is also still unclear.
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Blood Pressure Control and Anthropometric Differences in Afro-Descendants and Other Ethnic Groups in Hypertensive Brazilian Populations [PDF]
Global HeartBackground: The prevalence of hypertension (HT) and blood pressure (BP) control varies among ethnic-racial groups, but studies on this issue and correlations between BP and body mass index (BMI) in the black Brazilian population are scarce.
Maicon Borges Euzébio +14 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019 Objective. To identify and summarize existing literature on the burden of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and viral hepatitis (VH) in indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants in Latin America to provide a broad panorama of the quantitative ...
Nancy K. Russell +5 more
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The social construction of Afro-descendant rights in Colombia [PDF]
, 2015 Afro-descendant people make up around 30 per cent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean, some 150 million people (IACHR 2011). In a context of mestizaje and the myth of racial democracy, Afro-descendant rights were not institutionalised in
Ojulari, Esther
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Population analysis of xenobiotic metabolizing genes in South Brazilian Euro and Afro-descendants [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2009 Individual variability in xenobiotic metabolism has been associated with susceptibility to developing complex diseases. Genes involved in xenobiotic metabolism have been evaluated in association studies; the difficulty of obtaining accurate gene ...
Marcos Euzébio Maciel +5 more
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Clinical considerations for sarcopenia in older Colombian Afro-descendant and mestizo women [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 Objectives To identify the frequencies of clinical suspicion of sarcopenia (CSS) and probable sarcopenia (PS) and their association with ethnic groups.
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro +2 more
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Association between renal damage markers and carotid atherosclerosis in Afro-descendants with hypertension belonging to a minority ethnic group from Brazil [PDF]
Renal Failure, 2018 Dyego José de Araújo Brito +2 more
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El Escenario Uruguayo ante la Posible Aplicación de Acciones Afirmativa as Para Afrodescendientes
Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2017 In 2013, the Uruguayan Parliament passed Law No. 19122: Afro-descendants Regulations to promote their participation in the areas of education and work, which has been regulated by the Executive.
Mónica Olaza
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Colombia Internacional, 2020 Objective/context: In recent decades, international norms were created in Latin America to promote differentiated treatment of Afro-descendants. This article analyzes the interaction between transnational social movements, state institutions and ...
Cristina Echeverri-Pineda
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A Proposal for Afro-Hispanic Peoples and Culture as General Studies Course in African Universities
Humanities, 2019 After centuries of denial, suppression and marginalization, the contributions of Afro-Hispanics/Latinos to the arts, culture, and the Spanish spoken in the Americas is gradually gaining recognition as Afro-descendants pursue their quest for visibility ...
Purity Ada Uchechukwu
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