The social, economic, political, and genetic value of race and ethnicity in 2020

Abstract Disparities across racial and ethnic groups are present for a range of health outcomes. In this opinion piece, we consider the origin of racial and ethnic groupings, a history that highlights the sociopolitical nature of these terms. Indeed, the terms race and ethnicity exist purely as soci...

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Main Authors: Tesfaye B. Mersha, Andrew F. Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-020-00284-2