Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 4 , Pages 316-320 , April 2009

The problem with using computer programmes to assign ethnicity: Immigration decreases sensitivity

  • L.J. Brant

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Department, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    • Transfusion Microbiology, NHS Blood and Transplant, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5BG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Immunization Department, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK. Tel.: +44 20 8327 7496; fax: +44 20 8327 7404.
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  • E. Boxall

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, NHS Blood and Transplant, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2SG, UK
    • West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK

Received 7 August 2008 ,Revised 12 January 2009 ,Accepted 3 February 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00036-5

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.02.002

Public Health
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