What's not in a name. The accuracy of using names to ascribe religious and geographical origin in a British population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 336-337

  Martineau, Adrian ^a   White, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIAN; MOSLEM; PAKISTAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RELIGION;

EID: 0031798580     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.5.336     Document Type: Article

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