Surname lists to identify South Asian and Chinese ethnicity from secondary data in Ontario, Canada: a validation study
Open Access
- 15 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Vol. 10 (1), 42
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-10-42
Abstract
Surname lists are useful for identifying cohorts of ethnic minority patients from secondary data sources. This study sought to develop and validate lists to identify people of South Asian and Chinese origin.Keywords
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