Unequal burdens of loss: Examining the frequency and timing of homicide deaths experienced by young black men across the life course

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S483-S490

  Smith, Jocelyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEREAVEMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BEREAVEMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE;

EID: 84937427099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302535     Document Type: Article

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