Latino populations: A unique opportunity for the study of race, genetics, and social environment in epidemiological research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2161-2168

  González Burchard, Esteban ^a,b   Borrell, Luisa N ^c   Choudhry, Shweta ^b   Naqvi, Mariam ^b   Tsai, Hui Ju ^b   Rodriguez Santana, Jose R ^d   Chapela, Rocio ^e   Rogers, Scott D ^f   Mei, Rui ^g   Rodriguez Cintron, William ^h   Arena, Jose F ^f   Kittles, Rick ⁱ   Perez Stable, Eliseo J ^b   Ziv, Elad ^b   Risch, Neil ^b,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Pediatric Pulmonary Program of San Juan   (Puerto Rico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASTHMA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444459900     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068668     Document Type: Review

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