Killed by police: Validity of media-based data and misclassification of death certificates in Massachusetts, 2004-2016

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1624-1626

  Feldman, Justin M ^a   Gruskin, Sofia ^b   Coull, Brent A ^a   Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029469264     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303940     Document Type: Article

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