Lagging Life Expectancy for Black Men: A Public Health Imperative.

Am J Public Health

M. Jermane Bond is Senior Fellow at the National Collaborative for Health Equity and co-founder, Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEAL), Washington, DC. Allen A. Herman is co-founder, HEAL and Advocates for Men's Health, Washington, DC.

Published: July 2016

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