Are minority children under- or overrepresented in pediatric research?

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 890-895

  Walsh, Catherine ^a   Ross, Lainie Friedman ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Race; Research; Research subjects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141890041     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.4.890     Document Type: Article

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