There is no scientific rationale for race-based research

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 690-692

  Hoover, Eddie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Race ethnicity; Research

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE PLUS ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

CAUCASIAN; DRUG APPROVAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34347366380     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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