Risk of police-involved death by race/ethnicity and place, United States, 2012-2018

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1241-1248

  Edwards, Frank ^a   Esposito, Michael H ^b   Lee, Hedwig ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; LAW ENFORCEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051184539     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304559     Document Type: Review

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