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  • Addressing NCDs: Is it really a global coalition? 
    Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín; Demaio, Alessandro R.; Miranda, J. Jaime (Elsevier, 2013)
    The Lancet, in its excellent Series,1 acknowledged the importance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). These Series stress, among many important points, the ...
  • An Atypical Age-Specific Pattern of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Peru: A Threat for Andean Populations 
    Bertani, Stéphane; Pineau, Pascal; Loli, Sebastian; Moura, Julien; Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Deharo, Eric; Ruiz, Eloy (Public Library of Science, 2013)
    In South America, the highest incidence of primary liver cancer is observed in Peru. However, national estimations on hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality are approximated using aggregated data from surrounding ...
  • ¿Contribuyen los ensayos clínicos al desarrollo de la investigación en el Perú? ¿Cómo lograrlo? 
    Málaga Rodríguez, Germán Javier; Zúñiga-Rivera, A. (Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2012)
    The participation of the National Institute of Health as a leader in ethical and methodological assessment and its responsibility to approve the implementation of studies dates back to 1995. Since then, clinical trials ...
  • Development of a panel of genome-wide ancestry informative markers to study admixture throughout the americas 
    Galanter, J.M.; Fernandez-Lopez, J.C.; Gignoux, C.R.; Barnholtz-Sloan, J.; Fernandez-Rozadilla, C.; Via, M.; Hidalgo-Miranda, A.; Contreras, A.V.; Figueroa, L.U.; Raska, P.; Jimenez-Sanchez, G.; Zolezzi, I.S.; Torres, M.; Ponte, C.R.; Ruiz, Y.; Salas, A.; Nguyen, E.; Eng, C.; Borjas, L.; Zabala, W.; Barreto, G.; González, F.R.; Ibarra, A.; Taboada, P.; Porras, L.; Moreno, F.; Bigham, A.; Gutierrez, G.; Brutsaert, T.; León-Velarde, Fabiola; Moore, L.G.; Vargas, E.; Cruz, M.; Escobedo, J.; Rodriguez-Santana, J.; Rodriguez-Cintrón, W.; Chapela, R.; Ford, J.G.; Bustamante, C.; Seminara, D.; Shriver, M.; Ziv, E.; Burchard, E.G.; Haile, R.; Parra, E.; Carracedo, A. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Most individuals throughout the Americas are admixed descendants of Native American, European, and African ancestors. Complex historical factors have resulted in varying proportions of ancestral contributions between ...
  • A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia 
    Adhikari, K.; Mendoza-Revilla, J.; Sohail, A.; Fuentes-Guajardo, M.; Lampert, J.; Chacón-Duque, J.C.; Hurtado, M.; Villegas, V.; Granja, V.; Acuña-Alonzo, V.; Jaramillo, C.; Arias, W.; Lozano, R.B.; Everardo, P.; Gómez-Valdés, J.; Villamil-Ramírez, H.; Silva de Cerqueira, C.C.; Hunemeier, T.; Ramallo, V.; Schuler-Faccini, L.; Salzano, F.M.; Gonzalez-José, R.; Bortolini, M.-C.; Canizales-Quinteros, S.; Gallo López-Aliaga, Carla Maria; Poletti, G.; Bedoya, G.; Rothhammer, F.; Tobin, D.J.; Fumagalli, M.; Balding, D.; Ruiz-Linares, A. (Springer Nature, 2019)
    We report a genome-wide association scan in >6,000 Latin Americans for pigmentation of skin and eyes. We found eighteen signals of association at twelve genomic regions. These include one novel locus for skin pigmentation ...
  • HPV and Genital Warts among Peruvian Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender People: Knowledge, Attitudes and Treatment Experiences 
    Nureña, César R.; Brown, Brandon; Galea, Jerome T.; Sánchez, Hugo; Blas Blas, Magaly Marlitz (Public Library of Science, 2013)
    Several studies have assessed the epidemiology of HPV infection among MSM, but no qualitative studies have specifically assessed how HPV and genital warts (GW) affect South American men who have sex with men (MSM) and ...
  • The intersections of ethnicity, nativity status and socioeconomic position in relation to periodontal status: A cross-sectional study in london, england 
    Shaharyar, S.A.; Bernabé, E.; Delgado-Angulo, E.K. (MDPI, 2021)
    The role of migration as a social determinant of periodontitis has been overlooked. In-tersectionality theory could help understand how immigration status interacts with other social determinants of health to engender ...
  • Medical ethnobotany of the Chayahuita of the Paranapura basin (Peruvian Amazon) 
    Odonne, Guillaume; Valadeau, Céline; Alban-Castillo, Joaquina; Stien, Didier; Sauvain, Michel Henri Auguste; Bourdy, Genevieve (Elsevier, 2013)
    Up until now, the plant pharmacopoeia of the Chayahuita, an ethnic group from the Peruvian Amazon, has been poorly defined. This paper details the uses of medicinal plants within this community, as recorded in two villages ...
  • New guidelines on mental health in Peru 
    Orellano, Carlos; Macavilca, Marco (Elsevier, 2019)
    In October, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Peru approved the sectoral policy guidelines on mental health, which update those published 14 years ago. The five guidelines highlight the transitional framework of public mental ...
  • Short report: HTLV-1 and -2 infections among 10 indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon 
    Alva, I.E.; Orellana, E.R.; Blas Blas, Magaly Marlitz; Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio; Cotrina, A.; Chiappe Gutierrez, Marina Angelica; Kochel, T.J.; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Zunt, J.R.; Buffardi, A.L.; Montano, S.M. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012)
    Infections with HTLV-1 and -2 were detected in 12 (1.9%) and 6 (0.9%) indigenous individuals living in 27 Amazonian villages in Peru. All infections occurred in Shipibo-Konibo people. HTLV was more common among participants ...
  • Socioeconomic and nutritional factors account for the association of gastric cancer with amerindian ancestry in a latin american admixed population 
    Pereira, L.; Zamudio, R.; Soares-Souza, G.; Herrera, Phabiola; Cabrera, L.; Hooper, C.C.; Cok, J.; Combe, J.M.; Vargas, G.; Prado, W.A.; Schneider, S.; Kehdy, F.; Rodrigues, M.R.; Chanock, S.J.; Berg, D.E.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Tarazona-Santos, E. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Gastric cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer and its incidence varies worldwide, with the Andean region of South America showing high incidence rates. We evaluated the genetic structure of the population from ...
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adult oral health across different ethnic groups in England 
    Delgado-Angulo, Elsa K.; Mangal, Munisha; Bernabé, Eduardo (BioMed Central, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: Ethnic inequalities in oral health among British adults remain largely unexplored. This study explored the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in explaining ethnic inequalities in oral health; and the consistency ...
  • Trade-Offs in Relative Limb Length among Peruvian Children: Extending the Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis to Limb Proportions 
    Pomeroy, E.; Stock, J.T.; Stanojevic, S.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Cole, T.J.; Wells, J.C.K. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
    Background and Methods: Both the concept of 'brain-sparing' growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. Furthermore, tibia length is suggested ...

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