White, European, Western, Caucasian, or what? Inappropriate labeling in research on race, ethnicity, and health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1303-1307

  Bhopal, Raj ^a   Donaldson, Liam ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION; RACE; RESEARCH;

EID: 0031661830     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.9.1303     Document Type: Article

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