A research agenda for racial equity: Applications of the ferguson commission report to public health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1926-1931

  Furtado, Karishma ^a   Banks, Kira Hudson ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HOUSING; HUMAN; MISSOURI; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RACISM; SCHOOL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84990848467     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303390     Document Type: Review

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