Do peer guidelines or editorial policies affect the reporting and discussion of race and ethnicity in pediatric research?

Accountability in Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-31

  Ackerman, Paul D ^a   Kelly, Michael L ^b   Walsh, Catherine A ^c   Ross, Lainie Friedman ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Clinical research; Ethnicity; Race; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 20344405585     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620590918907     Document Type: Review

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