Invited commentary: "Race," racism, and the practice of epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 299-304

  Jones, Camara Phyllis ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Mailstop K 45 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; RACISM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOTE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

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

EID: 0035881171     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.4.299     Document Type: Note

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