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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007.

7 Oct 2009 AIMS: Some previous studies have shown that Maori utilise cardiology inpatient services at a much lower rate than would be expected by their health status and mortality. Using more recent data, this study seeks to determine whether this is still the ... Read more...

The history and composition of the Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

29 Sep 2009 The Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons (Dart Collection) is housed in the School of Anatomical Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and comprises one of the largest documented cadaver-derived human ... Read more...

Susto etiology and treatment according to Bolivian Trinitario people: a "masters of the animal species" phenomenon.

30 Aug 2009 This article addresses two concepts that are quite widespread among Latin American cultures: susto or "'fright sickness," and the "masters of the animal species" philosophy, whereby individual animal spirits are believed to be "owned" by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Population Groups'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007. 7 Oct 2009
• The history and composition of the Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 29 Sep 2009
• Gene copy number: learning to count past two. 29 Sep 2009
• Reply to: "Experimental aspects of copy number variant assays at CCL3L1". 29 Sep 2009
• Susto etiology and treatment according to Bolivian Trinitario people: a "masters of the animal species" phenomenon. 30 Aug 2009
• Transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi determined by low-stringency single primer polymerase chain reaction and southern blot analyses in four indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. 30 Aug 2009
• Conflicted conservation. 30 Aug 2009
• Genetics in geographically structured populations: defining, estimating and interpreting F(ST). 30 Aug 2009
• Mental health, substance use and suicidal behaviour among young indigenous people in the Arctic: a systematic review. 19 Aug 2009
• High prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in indigenous Australians. 9 Aug 2009
• Inferring ancestries efficiently in admixed populations with linkage disequilibrium. 30 Jul 2009
• Health economics at UW-Madison and the Department of Population Health Sciences. 30 Jul 2009
• Dissemination research: the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. 30 Jul 2009
• The evolution of the Department of Population Health Sciences. 30 Jul 2009
• Advancing the science of understanding and improving the health of the population. 30 Jul 2009
• Distribution of cytokine gene polymorphisms in the general Lebanese population: the first report. 30 Jul 2009
• HERC1 polymorphisms: population-specific variations in haplotype composition. 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of a neuropsychological screen in an incarcerated population. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual networks are diverse and complex: prevalence of relationships bridging population subgroups in the Seattle Sex Survey. 30 Jul 2009
• What is the impact of missing Indigenous status on mortality estimates? An assessment using record linkage in Western Australia. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Population Groups'

Definition: Individuals classified according to their sex, racial origin, religion, common place of living, financial or social status, or some other cultural or behavioral attribute. (UMLS, 2003)

Descriptor UI: D044382

Alternative terms: Population Groups; Group, Population; Groups, Population; Population Group; Tribes; Natives; Native-Born; Native Born; Indigenous Population; Indigenous Populations; Population, Indigenous; Populations, Indigenous;

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

Tree Number: M01.686; N01.224.708;

History Note: 2004

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics