A "Roziah" by Any Other Name: A Simple Bayesian Method for Determining Ethnicity From Names
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A "Roziah" by any other name: a simple Bayesian method for determining ethnicity from names.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu129