Mortality from homicide among young black men: A new American tragedy

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 282-283

  Hennekens, Charles H ^a   Drowos, Joanna ^a   Levine, Robert S ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; NOTE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84875222926     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.07.007     Document Type: Editorial

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