Abstract
Population groups in Africa are extremely diverse genetically. The focus of this chapter is on African Americans, a group whose African ancestors came predominantly from West Africa and that also reflects a variable admixture of European and other genetic influences. The bone density values and fracture rates of at least some African populations differ from those of US blacks (1), and the nutritional and other environmental influences in the United States are quite different from those in many African countries.
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Harris, S.S. (2004). Nutrition and Skeletal Health in Blacks. In: Holick, M.F., Dawson-Hughes, B. (eds) Nutrition and Bone Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-740-6_14
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