Conceptualizing race in research

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1235-1243

  Corbie Smith, Giselle ^a,b   Henderson, Gail ^a   Blumenthal, Connie ^b   Dorrance, Jessica ^a,b   Estroff, Sue ^a  

^a Department of Social Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Minority health; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THINKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 55449090260     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31470-X     Document Type: Article

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