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.
Risch
Neil
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Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5120, USA. risch@lahmed.stanford.edu
Burchard
Esteban
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Ziv
Elad
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Tang
Hua
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D000483:Alleles; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004194:Disease / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004777:Environment; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States