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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "FOUR-YEAR REVIEW OF THE USE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH"
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201
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Data on race and ethnicity are used by epidemiologists and policy makers to monitor trends over time at the national, state, and local levels; to evaluate programs; to understand the etiologic process and identify points of intervention; and to monitor and enforce laws against discrimination. Extensive evidence exists showing that African Americans and Hispanic Americans (and, to a less well documented extent, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and