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“Our results suggest that among Black individuals, complaints about excessive use of force by police in the neighborhood are associated with increased odds of PTB [preterm birth], even after controlling for individual and community characteristics."

Neighborhood police complaints associated with increased preterm delivery among black individuals

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Freedman Alexa A. / Borders, Ann / Smart, Britney P. / Keenan-Devlin, Lauren S. / Ernst, Linda M. / Franklin, Andrew / Butler, Margaret / Premkumar, Ashish / Kershaw, Kiarri N. / Papachristos, Andrew V. / Miller, Gregory E.

Vol. 224 Issue 2, Supplement, p. S13, 2021

10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.031

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