Lung function, race and ethnicity: a conundrum
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Lung function, race and ethnicity: a conundrum.
I n this issue BRAUN et al. [1] make a plea for an international workshop to review aspects of race and ethnicity in relation to lung function. This is a timely initiative, as many people struggle in epidemiological and genetic studies, and in clinical practice, with the interpretation of test results in an increasingly multi-ethnic society [2]. Our notions of race derive from Blumenbach, who d...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00053913