Definition and use of the variable "race" by medical students in Salvador, Brazil;Definição e utilização da variável "raça" por estudantes de medicina em Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-210

  Alves, Crésio ^a   da Silva, Michele Souza Dantas ^a   Pinto, Luciana Muniz ^a   Toralles, Maria Betânia Pereira ^a   Tavares Neto, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Continental population groups; Ethics; Ethnic groups; Medical; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN COLOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78650079168     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802010000400006     Document Type: Article

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