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Cell GenomicsSummary: Latin Americans are underrepresented in genetic studies, increasing disparities in personalized genomic medicine. Despite available genetic data from thousands of Latin Americans, accessing and navigating the bureaucratic hurdles for consent or ...
Victor Borda +74 more
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Genetic ancestry, admixture and health determinants in Latin America
BMC Genomics, 2018 Modern Latin American populations were formed via genetic admixture among ancestral source populations from Africa, the Americas and Europe. We are interested in studying how combinations of genetic ancestry in admixed Latin American populations may ...
Emily T. Norris +6 more
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Colorism and the Law in Latin America—Global Perspectives on Colorism Conference Remarks [PDF]
, 2015 Today, persons of African descent make up more than forty percent of the poor in Latin America and have been consistently marginalized and denigrated as undesirable elements of the society since the abolition of slavery across the Americas.
Hernandez, Tanya K.
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What do Latin Americans think of the IDB? [PDF]
, 2007 Using the Latinobarómetro survey, this paper examines Latin Americans' perceptions of the IDB, the World Bank and the IMF. The study analyzes how people's knowledge and evaluation of these multilateral organizations are affected by the demographic and ...
Bassi, Marina
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Gloria Anzaldúa’s Mexican Genealogy: From Pelados and Pachucos to New Mestizas [PDF]
, 2020 This essay examines Gloria Anzaldúa’s critical appropriation of two Mexican philosophers in the writing of Borderlands/La Frontera: Samuel Ramos and Octavio Paz.
Alessandri, Mariana, Stehn, Alexander
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Falls among elderly persons in Latin America and the Caribbean and among elderly Mexican-Americans.
Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-pan American Journal of Public Health, 2005 OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for falls among community-dwelling elders in Latin America and the Caribbean and among elderly Mexican-Americans in the southwestern United States.
C. Reyes-Ortiz, S. Al Snih, K. Markides
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study examined the global and regional temporal changes in cross‐country inequalities of site‐specific osteoarthritis (OA) burden from 1990 to 2021. Methods Age‐standardized years lived with disability rates (ASYRs) for site‐specific OA across 204 countries and territories were obtained from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and ...
Haowei Chen +14 more
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PLoS Genetics, 2014 The current genetic makeup of Latin America has been shaped by a history of extensive admixture between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, a process taking place within the context of extensive geographic and social stratification.
A. Ruiz-Linares +33 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on households, health systems, and society in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods Electronic databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL were searched using keywords related to RA and cost of illness.
Tadesse Gebrye +6 more
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It Didn’t Start with Proposition 187: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Nativist Legislation in California [PDF]
, 2009 The writer surveys California\u27s long history of nativist legislation. In doing so, he demonstrates that three recent Californian ballot initiatives—Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot that denied public services such as education and nonemergency medical ...
Gendzel, Glen
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