Performance of the US Office of Management and Budget's revised race and ethnicity categories in Asian populations

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-573

  Holup, Joan L ^a   Press, Nancy ^b   Vollmer, William M ^a   Harris, Emily L ^c   Vogt, Thomas M ^d   Chen, Chuhe ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Measurement; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842227     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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