US health journal editors' opinions and policies on research in race, ethnicity, and health

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 401-408

  Bennett, Trude ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health; Journals; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032113778     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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