Racial misclassification of american indians in Oklahoma state surveillance data for sexually transmitted diseases

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1137-1141

  Thoroughman, Douglas A ^a,b   Frederickson, Deborah ^c   Cameron, H Dan ^b   Shelby, Laura K ^b,d   Cheek, James E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; Indians; North American; Sexually transmitted diseases; Statistical

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; ERROR; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE; REGISTER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; OKLAHOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037097575     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.12.1137     Document Type: Article

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