Evaluating the accuracy of a geographic closed-ended approach to ethnicity measurement, a practical alternative

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 246-253

  Omand, Jessica A ^a,b,c   Carsley, Sarah ^d   Darling, Pauline B ^a,c   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,d,e,f   Birken, Catherine S ^a,d,e,f   Urquia, Marcelo L ^a,c   Khovratovich, Marina ^d   Maguire, Jonathon L ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; Children; Ethnicity; Kappa statistic; Measurement error; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEGRO; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDREN; ETHNICITY; KAPPA STATISTIC; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PEDIATRICS;

ADULT; CENSUSES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84895467745     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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