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Race and ethnicity in medical research.
To the Editor—Racial and ethnic differences in health and disease are real. For example, in the field of neurology, intracranial stenoses are more common among the Chinese population, and multiple sclerosis is uncommon, when compared with whites from Europe and North America. Studying various subgroups is important to detect different patterns of disease and to obtain aetiological clues; race a...
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Researchers across the health sciences are engaged in a vigorous debate over the role that the concepts of “race” and “ethnicity” play in health research and clinical practice. Here we contribute to that debate by examining how the concepts of race, ethnicity, and racism are used in medical–anthropological research. We present a content analysis of Medical Anthropology and Medical Anthropology ...
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Sir Busick Harwood was Professor of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge from 1785 to 1814 and simultaneously Downing Professor of Medicine from 1800 to 1814. Some historical accounts suggest that he was not highly regarded either as a scientist or a teacher, and this note attempts to restore his academic reputation and show how his achievements helped to initiate improvements in medical educ...
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متن کاملLipoprotein (a): impact by ethnicity and environmental and medical conditions.
Levels of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)], a complex between an LDL-like lipid moiety containing one copy of apoB, and apo(a), a plasminogen-derived carbohydrate-rich hydrophilic protein, are primarily genetically regulated. Although stable intra-individually, Lp(a) levels have a skewed distribution inter-individually and are strongly impacted by a size polymorphism of the LPA gene, resulting in a vari...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Anthropology Quarterly
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0745-5194
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1983.14.4.02a00170