Development and validation of a surname list to define Chinese ethnicity

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 328-333

  Quan, Hude ^a   Wang, Fulin ^c   Schopflocher, Donald ^c   Norris, Colleen ^d   Galbraith, P Diane ^a   Faris, Peter ^a   Graham, Michelle M ^d   Knudtson, Merril L ^b   Ghali, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ethnicity; Population; Surveillance; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NOMENCLATURE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES;

EID: 33646016021     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000204010.81331.a9     Document Type: Review

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