Editorial: Excessive Police Violence as a Public Health Issue

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cooper, Hannah L F ^a   Fullilove, Mindy ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84961216135     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0040-2     Document Type: Editorial

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