Problems With the Collection and Interpretation of Asian-American Health Data: Omission, Aggregation, and Extrapolation

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Holland, Ariel T ^a   Palaniappan, Latha P ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian american; Data collection; Research design; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861371328     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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