On the prevalence of racial discrimination in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Lee, Randy T ^a   Perez, Amanda D ^b   Malik Boykin, C ^c   Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RACISM; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85059828973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210698     Document Type: Article

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