Browsing by Subject "Latin America"

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    • Genetic determinants of BMI from early childhood to adolescence: the Santiago Longitudinal Study 
      Justice, A. E.; Chittoor, G.; Blanco, E.; Graff, M.; Wang, Y.; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, J. L.; Angel, B.; Lozoff, B.; Voruganti, V. S.; North, K. E.; Gahagan, S. (John Wiley, 2019)
      Background: While the genetic contribution to obesity is well established, few studies have examined how genetic variants influence standardized body mass index Z-score (BMIz) in Hispanics/Latinos, especially across ...
    • Oral health of the Latin American elders: What we know and what we should do—Position paper of the Latin ... 
      León, Soraya; De Marchi, Renato; Tôrres, Luisa; Hugo, Fernando; Espinoza Santander, Iris; Giacaman, Rodrigo (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2018)
      Objective: The purpose of this review was to gather information and discuss oral health status of older people in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC). Background: Scarce data are available to portrait the oral ...
    • Periodontal disease and its impact on general health in Latin America. Section II: Introduction part II 
      Carvajal, Paola; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Reinero, Daniela; Malheiros, Zilson; Stewart, Bernal; Pannuti, Claudio Mendes; Romito, Giuseppe Alexandre (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontologica, 2020)
      The epidemiological data on gingivitis and periodontitis in Latin America are scarce, as the majority of the Latin American studies have analyzed probing depth instead of clinical attachment loss. Reported data have shown ...