Minority Groups - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Use of a brief food frequency questionnaire for estimating daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables in a minority adolescent population.

29 Sep 2009 The validity of the 5 A Day for Better Health Program food frequency questionnaire (5 A Day FFQ) for estimating fruit and vegetable consumption was examined in a sample of 156 African-American adolescents aged 10 to 14 years. To determine validity, ... Read more...

Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy.

Sep 2009 PURPOSE: We undertook a systematic review of the evidence on disparities in epilepsy with a focus on North American data (Canada, United States, and the English-speaking Caribbean). METHODS: We identified and evaluated: access to and outcomes ... Read more...

[Genetic polymorphism of 17 Y-STR loci in four minority populations in Guangxi of China]

30 Aug 2009 To investigate the genetic polymorphism of Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STR) loci in Jing, Yi, Yao, and Zhuang minority populations from Guangxi Province, China. 17 Y-STR loci were co-amplified using AmpFlSTR(R) Yfiler PCR Amplification Kit ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Minority Groups - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Use of a brief food frequency questionnaire for estimating daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables in a minority adolescent population. 29 Sep 2009
• Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy. Sep 2009
• [Genetic polymorphism of 17 Y-STR loci in four minority populations in Guangxi of China] 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all minorities are underrepresented in academic surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• The worsening of ED on-call coverage in California: 6-year trend. 30 Aug 2009
• Mental health first aid for Indigenous Australians: using Delphi consensus studies to develop guidelines for culturally appropriate responses to mental health problems. Aug 2009
• Women's rights and women's health during HIV/AIDS epidemics: the experience of women in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Jul 2009
• Annual ADEA survey of dental school seniors: 2008 graduating class. 30 Jul 2009
• Objective and perceived ethnic density and health: findings from a United Kingdom general population survey. 14 Jul 2009
• Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns. 2 Jul 2009
• Self-reported pain and utilization of pain treatment between minorities and nonminorities in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
• Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. 29 Jun 2009
• HIV among marginalized populations in Rhode Island. 29 Jun 2009
• Association of medical noncompliance and long-term adverse outcomes, after myocardial infarction in a minority and uninsured population. 9 Jun 2009
• Distribution of surnames over the Alto Adige-Südtirol region according to local geographic, historical and linguistic features. 30 May 2009
• Retention of under-represented minorities in drug abuse treatment studies. 30 May 2009
• Root caries patterns and risk factors of middle-aged and elderly people in China. 30 May 2009
• Multi-level intervention to prevent influenza infections in older low income and minority adults. 30 May 2009
• Obesity in minority women: calories, commerce, and culture. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Minority Groups'

Definition: A subgroup having special characteristics within a larger group, often bound together by special ties which distinguish it from the larger group.

Descriptor UI: D008913

Alternative terms: Minority Groups; Group, Minority; Groups, Minority; Minority Group;

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

Tree Number: I01.880.371;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific minority group (IM) & geog