Reliability of race assessment based on the race of the ascendants: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Ughini Mariana (Author), Dias Karine O (Author), Wainberg Fernanda (Author), Sortica Cristine (Author), Guimarães Sylvia M (Author), Fuchs Sandra C (Author), Castro José Augusto S (Author), Fuchs Flavio D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Race is commonly described in epidemiological surveys based on phenotypic characteristics. Training of interviewers to identify race is time-consuming and self identification of race might be difficult to interpret. The aim of this s...