The validity of information on 'Race' and 'Hispanic Ethnicity' in California birth certificate data

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 869-883

  Baumeister, L ^a   Marchi, K ^a   Pearl, M ^a   Williams, R ^a   Braveman, P ^a  

^a Crownpoint Healthcare Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Ethnicity; Race; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEGRO; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; RACIAL STOCKS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0033787902     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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