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Definition of 'African Americans'

Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.

Common names: African Americans; Americans, African

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Association of HPC2/ELAC2 and RNASEL non-synonymous variants with prostate cancer risk in African American familial and sporadic cases.

29 Nov 2008 INTRODUCTION: The RNASEL and HPC2/ELAC2 genes have been implicated in hereditary prostate cancer. Further assessment of the role of these genes in sporadic prostate cancer in African American men (AAM) is warranted. METHODS: Genotyping of ... Read more...


Nucleotide excision repair genes and risk of lung cancer among San Francisco Bay Area Latinos and African Americans.

30 Oct 2008 Few studies on the association between nucleotide excision repair (NER) variants and lung cancer risk have included Latinos and African Americans. We examine variants in 6 NER genes (ERCC2, ERCC4, ERCC5, LIG1, RAD23B and XPC) in association with ... Read more...


Major deficit in the number of underrepresented minority academic surgeons persists.

30 Oct 2008 INTRODUCTION: Eliminating health care disparities in the United States will require a multifaceted approach that will include increasing diversity in the health care workforce. Historically, the field of medicine, and particularly surgery, has had ... Read more...

 

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Definition: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.

Descriptor UI: D001741

Alternative terms: African Americans; Americans, African;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.508.100.100; M01.686.754.100;

History Note: 76; was NEGROES 1963-75

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