The importance of race and ethnic background in biomedical research and clinical practice

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作者
Burchard, EG [1 ]
Ziv, E
Coyle, N
Gomez, SL
Tang, H
Karter, AJ
Mountain, JL
Pérez-Stable, EJ
Sheppard, D
Risch, N
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Lung Biol Ctr, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Div Gen Internal Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[4] Univ Calif San Francisco, Med Effectiveness Res Ctr Diverse Populat, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[5] San Francisco Gen Hosp, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
[6] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Res & Policy, Div Epidemiol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[7] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[8] Stanford Univ, Dept Stat, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[9] Stanford Univ, Dept Anthropol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[10] No Calif Canc Ctr, Union City, CA USA
[11] Kaiser Permanente, Div Res, Dept Epidemiol & Hlth Serv Res, Oakland, CA USA
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10.1056/NEJMsb025007
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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[No abstract available]
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页码:1170 / 1175
页数:7
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