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Indians, North American
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Definition of 'Indians, North American'Individual members of North American ethnic groups with ancient historic ancestral origins in Asia. Common names: Indians, North American; American Indian, North; American Indians, North; Indian, North American; North American Indian; North American Indians; Amerinds, North American; Amerind, North American; North American Amerind; North American Amerinds; Native Americans; American, Native; Americans, Native |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Patterns of cigarette smoking initiation in two culturally distinct American Indian tribes.
30 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To better understand patterns of initiation among American Indians we examined age-related patterns of smoking initiation during adolescence and young adulthood in 2 American Indian tribes. METHODS: We used log-rank comparison and a Cox ... Read more...
Financing American Indian health care: impacts and options for improving access and quality.
29 Sep 2009 (1) Indian Health Service (HIS) per patient funding is less than half of national per capita health spending, and declined further between 2003 and 2006. (2) Under-funding of the IHS system has led to explicit rationing of services to American ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have had documented outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection but, to our knowledge, no studies have examined MRSA infection among this population nationally. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Indians, North American'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Patterns of cigarette smoking initiation in two culturally distinct American Indian tribes. 30 Oct 2009
- Uses and limitations of genetic data relating to Athapaskan migrations: a reply to Seymour.
29 Sep 2009 - Financing American Indian health care: impacts and options for improving access and quality. 29 Sep 2009
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated hospitalizations among the American Indian and Alaska native population. 29 Sep 2009
- Sex differences in humeral bilateral asymmetry in two hunter-gatherer populations: California Amerinds and British Columbian Amerinds. 30 Aug 2009
- Assessing interethnic admixture using an X-linked insertion-deletion multiplex. 30 Aug 2009
- The resilience of Native American elders. 30 Aug 2009
- BMI screening and surveillance: an international perspective. 30 Aug 2009
- The medicine wheel nutrition intervention: a diabetes education study with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. 30 Aug 2009
- Improving health among American Indians through environmentally-focused nutrition interventions. 30 Aug 2009
- Dietary guidance: targeting specific populations. 30 Aug 2009
- Toward understanding suicide among youths: results from the White Mountain Apache tribally mandated suicide surveillance system, 2001-2006. 18 Aug 2009
- Test of the relationship between sutural ossicles and cultural cranial deformation: results from Hawikuh, New Mexico. 30 Jul 2009
- Nonfatal suicide attempts and other self-inflicted harm. Beltrami County youths, 2002-2006. 30 Jul 2009
- Tending victims, tackling crime. A northwestern Minnesota hospital takes on violence and abuse. 30 Jul 2009
- Adapting CAHPS for an American Indian population. 30 Jul 2009
- Family health history and health behaviors in Alaska native and American Indian people. 30 Jul 2009
- A note from the editor. 30 Jul 2009
- Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Navajo and White Mountain Apache children before the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. 30 Jul 2009
- Promoting traditions: an evaluation of a wilderness activity among First Nations of Canada. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Indians, North American'
Definition: Individual members of North American ethnic groups with ancient historic ancestral origins in Asia.
Descriptor UI: D007198
Alternative terms: Indians, North American; American Indian, North; American Indians, North; Indian, North American; North American Indian; North American Indians; Amerinds, North American; Amerind, North American; North American Amerind; North American Amerinds; Native Americans; American, Native; Americans, Native; Native American; American Indians; American Indian; Indian, American; Indians, American;
Related Mesh Headings: United States Indian Health Service;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;
Tree Number: M01.686.508.150.600;
Technical Notes: specify geog if possible; in titles capitalize both Native and American