Overwhelming number of AA deaths occur in police custody [1]

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 754-755

  Southall, Pamela E ^a   Pestaner, Joseph P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CUSTODY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARYLAND; MORTALITY; POLICE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041419575     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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