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.Keywords
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