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Review
. 2013 Apr;21(4):165-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.01.001.

The uses of race and ethnicity in human microbiome research

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The uses of race and ethnicity in human microbiome research

J Dennis Fortenberry. Trends Microbiol. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

Research on the human microbiome is beginning to address factors associated with between-group differences. Recognition of the social and political nature of traditional race and ethnicity categories will allow microbiome research to contribute to reduction of health disparities while avoiding attribution of causal inference to specific race and ethnicity categories.

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