| lifestyle incongruity, social integration, and immune function in samoan adolescents. | the health consequences of rapid cultural and economic change have been explored for adults in a range of low-income countries, but comparable research in children and adolescents is currently lacking. concurrently, the immunosuppressive effects of psychosocial stress have been documented in western populations, but have yet to be considered in cross-cultural contexts. this study uses lifestyle incongruity (inconsistency between a household's material style of life and its socioeconomic status) ... | 2001 | 11676405 |
| epstein barr virus genome in nasopharyngeal carcinomas from new zealand. | the population in new zealand is a heterogeneous mix of caucasians (80%), maori (9%), and polynesians (10%). it is believed that the polynesians are of chinese descent and may harbor the same high incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc). in addition, it is not known whether the epstein-barr virus (ebv) is as closely associated with the development of npc in polynesians as it is in those of chinese origin. | 2000 | 10897111 |
| epstein-barr virus-associated gastric adenocarcinoma among japanese americans in hawaii. | this study confirms the observation that some gastric adenocarcinomas contain epstein-barr viral (ebv) sequences in their carcinoma cells. ebv sequences were detected by polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization in the tumors of 19 of 187 (10.2%) japanese-american men and women living in hawaii. the ebv-associated gastric cancers were more frequently present in men than in women: 14 of 99 (14.3%) men versus 5 of 88 (5.7%) women (p = 0.046). ebv type a was found in 17 of the 19 ebv-asso ... | 1993 | 8391356 |