Discrepancies between published data on racial classification and self-reported race: Evidence from the 2002 North Carolina live birth records

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Buescher, Paul A ^a   Gizlice, Ziya ^a   Jones Vessey, Kathleen A ^a  

^a North Carolina Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REGISTER;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 22844452083     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000406     Document Type: Article

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