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Comment
. 2006 Feb;3(2):e49.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030049. Epub 2005 Dec 27.

Why are ethnic minorities under-represented in US research studies?

Aziz Sheikh  1
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Why are ethnic minorities under-represented in US research studies?

Aziz Sheikh. PLoS Med. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Sheikh discusses a new study that found that the main barrier to the participation of minority ethnic people in research lies in their reduced likelihood of being invited to participate.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: AS is Principal Investigator on an Asthma UK project (05/025) investigating barriers and facilitators to recruiting British South Asians into asthma studies.

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  • Increasing the participation: another factor.
    Sabri AA, Qayyum MA. Sabri AA, et al. PLoS Med. 2006 May;3(5):e250. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030250. Epub 2006 May 30. PLoS Med. 2006. PMID: 16719555 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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