Incidence of diabetes and hypertension in indigenous Amerindian village in Guyana, South America
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389 Indian Journal of Nephrology Sep 2016 / Vol 26 / Issue 5 Mission) Guyana, South America. The village is home to approximately 200 people of mainly Arawak descent, where there is no health care.[1] The approximately 740,000 people living in the country is made up out of Amerindians (5.3%), Blacks (30.5%), East Indians (51.4%), Chinese (0.2%), White (2.1%), and Mixed (10%).[1] Population mix of the country lends itself to anthropological, social, lifestyle, and genetic studies which may yield important information.[2]
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016