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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1994

Ethnicity as a variable in epidemiological research.

P A Senior, R Bhopal

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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117 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

P A SeniorDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne.
R Bhopal

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ethnicity is used increasingly as a key variable to describe health data, and ethnic monitoring in the NHS will further stimulate this trend. We identify four fundamental problems with ethnicity in this type of research: the difficulties of measurement, the heterogeneity of the populations being studied, lack of clarity about the research purpose of the research, and ethnocentricity affecting the interpretation and use of data. Ethnicity needs to be used carefully to be a useful tool for health research. We make nine recommendations for future practice, one of which is that ethnicity and race should be recognised and treated as distinct concepts.

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Epidemiologic MethodsEthnicityRacial GroupsClassificationCultureDemographyHealth Services ResearchHumans

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PMID8086873
PMCPMC2540882

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