Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Contemporary Brazil

Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Contemporary Brazil

Understanding Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Colorectal Cancer Screening

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death in both men and women in the United States. Since CRC impacts both genders, it is actually the second most common cause of cancer death overall [1]. CRC screening has been proven to result in a reduction in CRC mortality [2]. CRC screening reduces mortality both through the earlier detection of c...

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Occupational Segregation

In this article, we examine changes in the types of occupations that members of various racial/ethnic-gender groups have entered. We are interested in two trends that we believe may have contributed to differences in occupational concentration: budget reductions and policy changes in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforcement procedures, and the continuing increases in women’s e...

Gender and race/ethnicity differences in lead dose biomarkers.

OBJECTIVES We sought to identify predictors of lead concentrations in the blood, tibias, and patellae of older adults and to describe differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and other factors that can influence lead toxicokinetics and, thus modify health effects. METHODS Participants aged 50 to 70 years (N=1140) were randomly identified from selected neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We me...

Race, Genomics, Identities and Politics in Contemporary Brazil

The ‘new genetics’ (or genomics) has penetrated overwhelmingly into a broad range of domains in the contemporary world, spawning a technocultural revolution in relation to genes that has transformed technologies, institutions, practices and ideologies. The ‘new genetics’ has not only reshaped the biological, cultural and social loci in the immediate surroundings of individuals, but also reconfi...