Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Publication

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2709-2716

  Kaplan, Judith B ^b   Bennett, Trude ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RACE; WRITING; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037976886     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.20.2709     Document Type: Article

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