Things Fall Apart: Health Consequences of Mass Imprisonment for African American Women

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-52

  Lee, Hedwig ^a   Wildeman, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Cardiovascular disease; Health disparities; Mass imprisonment; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878113317     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-011-9112-4     Document Type: Article

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