Context-dependence of race self-classification: Results from a highly mixed and unequal middle-income country.

Context-dependence of race self-classification: Results from a highly mixed and unequal middle-income country.

Ethnic-racial classification criteria are widely recognized to vary according to historical, cultural and political contexts. In Brazil, the strong influence of individual socio-economic factors on race/colour self-classification is well known. With the expansion of genomic technologies, the use of...

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Main Authors: Dóra Chor, Alexandre Pereira, Antonio G Pacheco, Ricardo V Santos, Maria J M Fonseca, Maria I Schmidt, Bruce B Duncan, Sandhi M Barreto, Estela M L Aquino, José G Mill, Maria delCB Molina, Luana Giatti, Maria daCC Almeida, Isabela Bensenor, Paulo A Lotufo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216653

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