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Research race-specific reference values and lung function impairment, breathlessness and prognosis: Analysis of NHANES 2007–2012

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2022
Background Spirometry reference values differ by race/ethnicity, which is controversial. We evaluated the effect of race-specific references on prevalence of lung function impairment and its relation to breathlessness and mortality in the US population ...
Magnus Ekström, David Mannino
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Ethnic differences in tissue creatine kinase activity: an observational study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundSerum creatine kinase (CK) levels are reported to be around 70% higher in healthy black people, as compared to white people (median value 88 IU/L in white vs 149 IU/L in black people).
Lizzy M Brewster   +4 more
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Rising food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency food assistance in Michigan

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2022
This study of eight types of emergency food assis­tance organizations in Michigan, USA, is the first statewide study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on the operations of these organizations.
Dorceta Taylor   +5 more
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In This Issue: Race and Ethnicity in Food Systems Work

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
Full text of this issue's editorial: It is no secret that despite the best intentions of many, the food movement manifests levels of whiteness and privilege that tend to exclude significant parts of society, and thus does not address the needs of those ...
Duncan Hilchey
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South Asian, Black and White ethnicity and the effect of potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia: A study in English electronic health records.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionWe aimed to investigate ethnic differences in the associations of potentially modifiable risk factors with dementia.MethodsWe used anonymised data from English electronic primary care records for adults aged 65 and older between 1997 and 2018.
Naaheed Mukadam   +6 more
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Fasette van die landelike vestiging van blankes in Suidwes-Afrika

open access: yesContree
This contribution identifies four phases of land settlement by Whites in South-West Africa between 1915 and 1931. First there was the period of military government from 1915 to 1920 when large numbers of White stock farmers from the Union entered the ...
E.R. Coetzee
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Interrogating the ‘White-Leaning’ Thesis of White–Asian Multiracials

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2022
The study of multiracial people in the United States has typically focused on the experiences of Black–White racially-mixed individuals. In this article, we review and analyze the theoretical and evidence base for the White-leaning characterization of ...
Kelly H. Chong, Miri Song
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The Double-Edged Nature of Whiteness for Multiracial People with White Ancestry in the US and UK

open access: yesGenealogy
The privileges of Whiteness have been theorized and debated for some decades. Because White privilege has been manifested, historically, in myriad forms, it has been possible to treat the privileges of Whiteness as a given, even when its changing ...
Miri Song
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Trickle-down racism: Trump's effect on whites’ racist dehumanizing attitudes

open access: yesCurrent Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 2023
Reported hate crimes against Black people surged following Trump's election. While only a relatively small fraction of Americans committed these abhorrent actions, we show that Trump's victory had broader effects on the attitudes of the larger white ...
Ashley Jardina, Spencer Piston
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Implications of institutional racism in the therapeutic itinerary of people with chronic renal failure

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2020
Objective. To understand the implications of institutional racism in the therapeutic itinerary of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) in the search for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Methods.
Ricardo Bruno Santos Ferreira   +5 more
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