Why Are Ethnic Minorities Under-Represented in US Research Studies?

Open Access

27 December 2005

journal article
editorial
Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine

Vol. 3 (2) , e49
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030049

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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