Race and ancestry in the age of inclusion: Technique and meaning in post-genomic science

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 504-518

  Shim, Janet K ^a   Ackerman, Sara L ^a   Darling, Katherine Weatherford ^a   Hiatt, Robert A ^a   Lee, Sandra Soo Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Genetics; Health disparities; Qualitative methods; Race

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATION; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84927734053     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514555224     Document Type: Article

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