The meaning of race: Use of race in the clinical setting

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Bussey Jones, Jada ^a   Genao, Inginia ^a   St George, Diane Marie ^b   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG RESEARCH; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 25444478404     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2005.06.002     Document Type: Editorial

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