Use of race and ethnicity in epidemiologic research: Concepts, methodological issues, and suggestions for research

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-202

  Lin, Scarlett S ^a,b   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOLOGY; GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034505395     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a018032     Document Type: Review

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