Multiple race reporting for children in a National Health Survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 262-274

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Lucas, Jacqueline B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Data Collection; Race Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034153082     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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