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Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease.

Genome biology - 1 Jul 2002

Risch Neil, Burchard Esteban, Ziv Elad, Tang Hua

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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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PMID: 12184798
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-7-comment2007
PMCID: PMC139378

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