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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:119.

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AS A LONG-TERM editorial board member and as the new editor, we are concerned about the use of race and ethnicity as variables in research published in the ARCHIVES. People of color and individuals from different sociocultural groups face many health issues that are important topics in the pages of this journal. However, the attempt to better understand these issues and improve the health of children and adolescents is often ill served by many of the analyses of race and ethnicity in published studies.

A key purpose of the scientific literature is to help us better understand the workings of the natural world. It is characterized by the use of the scientific method to examine evidence, test hypotheses, and arrive at conclusions. Science has developed a language that strives to be precise and to convey the specific meaning intended by the author to the reader.

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