Anatomists' attitudes towards the concept of race

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-91

  Strkalj G ^a   Ramsey, S ^b   Wilkinson, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 1442354246     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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