Physiological responses to racism and discrimination: an assessment of the evidence.

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Published in Am J Public Health on February 01, 2003

Authors

Jules P Harrell1, Sadiki Hall, James Taliaferro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pscyhology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. jharrell@howard.edu

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