Use of ethnic identifiers to narrow health inequality gaps

Joshua A N van Apeldoorn^{1

2}, Charles Agyemang¹, Eric P Moll van Charante^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Joshua A N van Apeldoorn et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022.

. 2022 May 29:18:100411.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100411. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Joshua A N van Apeldoorn^{1

2}, Charles Agyemang¹, Eric P Moll van Charante^{1

2}

¹ Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests and received no funding.

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