"Racial" and ethnic classification: Two steps forward and one step back?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 477-480

  Eennett, Trude ^a  

^a Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREJUDICE; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031260909     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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