Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?

George T. H Ellison; Andrew Smart; Richard Tutton; Simon M Outram; Richard Ashcroft; Paul Martin

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040287

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Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?

George T. H Ellison ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: g.ellison@hscs.sgul.ac.uk
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Andrew Smart,
Richard Tutton,
Simon M Outram,
Richard Ashcroft,
Paul Martin

Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?

George T. H Ellison,
Andrew Smart,
Richard Tutton,
Simon M Outram,
Richard Ashcroft,
Paul Martin

Published: September 25, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040287

About the Authors

George T. H Ellison: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: g.ellison@hscs.sgul.ac.uk
Andrew Smart
Richard Tutton
Simon M Outram
Richard Ashcroft
Paul Martin

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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