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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"U.S. Hispanics"”.
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Cranial Sexual Dimorphism in Hispanics Using Geometric Morphometrics
Hispanics comprise the second largest population group in the US. Further, 63% of U.S. Hispanics are of Mexican origin with 37% foreign born (Motel and Patten, 2012). Sex estimation is an important component of the forensic anthropological profile and is considered population specific in that human …
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Weighing Consequences: An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Women with Coronary Heart Disease
… Disease (CHD) is a major cause of death in U.S. Hispanics. One third of U.S. Hispanic women have CHD, but research is lacking about the effects of culture on their health outcomes. The purpose of this ethnography was to elicit cultural beliefs, illness interpretations, explanatory models, and …
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Marketing to the U.S. Hispanic Consumer: Apparel Preferences and Strategies.
… apparel. However, there is not much known about Hispanics’ apparel design and style preferences. Additionally, there are not currently many retailers who targeted this market specifically, so marketing strategies were not well documented. The methods used in this research encompassed …
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Diabetes and obesity as risk factors for the development of Hepatocellular carcinoma in the hispanic population
… from HCC is rising in the U.S. In the U.S, Hispanics have a 2.7 times higher risk for HCC development than non-Hispanic whites and the highest mortality rate next to Asian population. The reason for this increased HCC risk in Hispanics is unknown. While it is conceivable that this disparity …