Variability among hospitals and staff in collection of race, ethnicity, birthplace, and socioeconomic information in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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Published in J Registry Manag on January 01, 2009

Authors

Scarlett L Gomez1, William Satariano, Gem M Le, Patricia Weeks, Laura McClure, Dee W West

Author Affiliations

1: Northern California Cancer Center, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. scarlett@nccc.org

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