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Temporal Trends and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities for Legal Intervention Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments: US Men and Women Age 15–34, 2001–2014

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  1. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Justin M. Feldman, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman & Nancy Krieger

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Feldman, J.M., Chen, J.T., Waterman, P.D. et al. Temporal Trends and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities for Legal Intervention Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments: US Men and Women Age 15–34, 2001–2014. J Urban Health 93, 797–807 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-016-0076-3

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