Racial Categories in Medical Practice: How Useful Are They?

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Lundy Braun,
Anne Fausto-Sterling ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Anne_Fausto-Sterling@brown.edu
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Duana Fullwiley,
Evelynn M Hammonds,
Alondra Nelson,
William Quivers,
Susan M Reverby,
Alexandra E Shields

About the Authors

Lundy Braun
Anne Fausto-Sterling: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Anne_Fausto-Sterling@brown.edu
Duana Fullwiley
Evelynn M Hammonds
Alondra Nelson
William Quivers
Susan M Reverby
Alexandra E Shields

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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