Titre : | Latino populations : A unique opportunity for the study of race, genetics, and social environment in epidemiological research. (2005) |
Auteurs : | Esteban GONZALEZ BURCHARD ; Jose-F ARENA ; Luisa-N BORRELL ; Rocio CHAPELA ; Shweta CHOUDHRY ; Rick KITTLES ; Mariam NAQVI ; Eliseo-J PEREZ-STABLE ; Neil RISCH ; William RODNGUEZ-CINTRON ; Jose-R RODRIGUEZ-SANTANA ; Scott-D ROGERS ; Hui-Ju TSAI ; Elad ZIV ; Affymetrix Inc. Santa Clara. CA. USA ; National Cancer Institute. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. Epidemiology and Genetics Re search Program. Bethesda. MD. USA ; University of California. Center for Human Genetics. San Francisco. CA. USA ; University of California. Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations. San Francisco. CA. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 95, n° 12, 2005) |
Pagination : | 2161-2168 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Ethnie ; Homme ; Population ; Génétique ; Race ; Milieu social ; Epidémiologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 90R0xlmn. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural, socioeconomic, and genetic perspectives. From a cultural and social perspective, Latinos represent a wide variety of national origins and ethnic and cultural groups, with a full spectrum of social class. From a genetic perspective, Latinos are descended from indigenous American, European, and African populations. We review the historical events that led to the formation of contemporary Latino populations and use results from recent genetic and clinical studies to illustrate the unique opportunity Latino groups offer for studying the interaction between racial, genetic, and environmental contributions to disease occurrence and drug response. |