Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease
A debate has arisen regarding the validity of racial/ethnic categories for biomedical and genetic research. An epidemiologic perspective on the issue of human categorization in biomedical and genetic research strongly supports the continued use of self-identified race and ethnicity.
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pubmed-1393782003-03-04 Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease Risch, Neil Burchard, Esteban Ziv, Elad Tang, Hua Opinion A debate has arisen regarding the validity of racial/ethnic categories for biomedical and genetic research. An epidemiologic perspective on the issue of human categorization in biomedical and genetic research strongly supports the continued use of self-identified race and ethnicity. BioMed Central 2002 2002-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC139378/ /pubmed/12184798 Text en Copyright © 2002 BioMed Central Ltd |
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Risch, Neil Burchard, Esteban Ziv, Elad Tang, Hua |
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Risch, Neil Burchard, Esteban Ziv, Elad Tang, Hua Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease |
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Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease |
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Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease |
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Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease |
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A debate has arisen regarding the validity of racial/ethnic categories for biomedical and genetic research. An epidemiologic perspective on the issue of human categorization in biomedical and genetic research strongly supports the continued use of self-identified race and ethnicity. |
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BioMed Central |
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2002 |
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