Commentary: Considerations for use of racial/ethnic classification in etiologic research

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-298

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b   Cooper, Richard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Epidemiologic factors; Epidemiologic methods; Epidemiologic research design; Ethnic groups; Racial stocks

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ETHNICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS;

EID: 0035880883     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.4.291     Document Type: Review

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