title: The importance of race and ethnic background in biomedical research and clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Lung Biology Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0833, USA. eburch@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Esteban González
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Burchard
authors.forename: Elad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ziv
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: Scarlett Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Karter
authors.forename: Joanna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mountain
authors.forename: Eliseo J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Stable
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Risch
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000208:ethnology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000208:ethnology*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012961:Sociology