Methods for epidemiological surveys of ethnic minorities.
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SIR The article by Chaturvedi and McKeigue' fails to mention the danger of relying on the 1991 UK census as an accurate estimate of ethnic minority populations. Both Ballard and Kalra,2 in their discussion of the census nationally, and Glover,3 in his figures for the London areas of Camberwell and Hammersmith, point out the huge underrepresentation of black Caribbean men aged 25 to 44. Both reports attribute this finding
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of epidemiology and community health
دوره 48 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994