European Continental Ancestry Group - Statistics & numerical data
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter?

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: African Americans have a poorer survival from gastrointestinal cancers. We hypothesized that socioeconomic status may explain much of this disparity. STUDY DESIGN: Four years of population-based Medicare and Medicaid administrative ... Read more...

Ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage. DESIGN: Population-based surveillance. SETTING: Corpus Christi, Texas. PATIENTS: All cases of intracerebral hemorrhage in the community of Corpus ... Read more...

Predictors of calcium intake at dinner meals of ethnically diverse mother-child dyads from families with limited incomes.

29 Sep 2009 Diets adequate in calcium and other key nutrients early in life are critical for optimal growth. This study's objective was to determine associations between beverage and dairy food intakes of mothers and their young children and food/beverage ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'European Continental Ancestry Group - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter? 30 Oct 2009
• Ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage. 29 Sep 2009
• Predictors of calcium intake at dinner meals of ethnically diverse mother-child dyads from families with limited incomes. 29 Sep 2009
• African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room. 29 Sep 2009
• Racial and ethnic disparities in the trends in primary cesarean delivery based on indications. 29 Sep 2009
• Epidemiology of anesthesia-related complications in labor and delivery, New York State, 2002-2005. 29 Sep 2009
• Common variants in 8q24 are associated with risk for prostate cancer and tumor aggressiveness in men of European ancestry. 29 Sep 2009
• An analysis of the association between parental acculturation and children's medication use. 26 Sep 2009
• Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection death among infants in the United States, 1999-2004. 26 Sep 2009
• Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in white and African American children aged 6 through 71 months the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. 14 Sep 2009
• Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. 14 Sep 2009
• Ethnic-specific risks for atherosclerotic calcification of the thoracic and abdominal aorta (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). 13 Sep 2009
• Trends in the prevalence of low risk factor burden for cardiovascular disease among United States adults. 12 Sep 2009
• Parity and breastfeeding in relation to obesity among black and white women in the southern community cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of parity and breastfeeding on racial differences in obesity. 30 Aug 2009
• Re: Incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus among white Americans by sex, stage, and age. 30 Aug 2009
• Excess Hispanic fetal-infant mortality in a midwestern community. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported diabetes in Hispanic subgroup, non-Hispanic black, and non-Hispanic white populations: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005. 30 Aug 2009
• Do differences in hospital and surgeon quality explain racial disparities in lower-extremity vascular amputations? 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'European Continental Ancestry Group'

Definition: Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Europe.

Descriptor UI: D044465

Alternative terms: European Continental Ancestry Group; Whites; White; Caucasoid Race; Caucasoid Races; Race, Caucasoid; Races, Caucasoid; Caucasian Race; Caucasian Races; Race, Caucasian; Races, Caucasian;

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

Tree Number: M01.686.508.400;

History Note: 2004(1966)

Technical Notes: specify geog if relevant