Hispanic children

Luder E, Melnik TA, DiMaio M Association of being overweight with greater asthma symptoms in inner city black and Hispanic children. J Pediatr 1998 132 699-703. 

Lewis MA, Rachelefsky G, Lewis CE, Leake B, Richards W The termination of a randomized clinical trial for poor Hispanic children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1994 148 364-367. 

Estimating various consequences of impacts on the fetus can be difficult. An example of uncertainties in research is the fact that Hispanic children in America have an apparent lower prevalence... 

Avila, R. M. Blumber, S. J. (2008). Chronic developmental conditions among Hispanic children in the United States. Health E-Stats. National Center for Health Statistics. March 2008. http //www. cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/chroniccondi-tions.htm... 

The increase in rickets in the US is occurring primarily in African-American and Hispanic children who have gone off breast-feeding and are not getting sufficient calcium and vitamin D in their diets. This problem has been more common in the southern US despite greater availability of sunlight. In large part, rickets is an educational issue that requires input from both medical and public health professionals. 

I would argue that we hard-nosed chemists who can wipe the dream of a young child out with the strike of a pencil ought to be just as hard-nosed about those things that we know to be valid and adequate and to just say, we are dealing with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and women. We do not have to carry this diversity baggage with us. 

Risk factors associated with childhood AML include Hispanic ethnicity, prior exposure to alkylating agents or epipodophyllotoxins, and in utero exposure to ionizing radiation. Maternal alcohol consumption, parental and child pesticide exposure, and parental benzene exposure are also potential risk factors for childhood AML. 

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