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Perspective Open Access August 11, 2024

Walking the Divide: A Public Health Journey from Manhattan to Harlem

Gandom Assari 1, Hossein Zare 2 and Shervin Assari 3
1
Mayfair High School, Lakewood, California, USA
2
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3
3 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, USA
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024)
Page(s): 7-14
DOI: 10.31586/jsmhes.2024.1018
Received
June 10, 2024
Revised
July 20, 2024
Accepted
August 09, 2024
Published
August 11, 2024
Keywords
Ethnic Groups; Segregation; Racism; Redlining; Space; Inequalities
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Assari, G. , Zare, H. , & Assari, S. (2024). Walking the Divide: A Public Health Journey from Manhattan to Harlem. Current Research in Public Health, 3(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jsmhes.2024.1018
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Assari, G. ; Zare, H. ; Assari, S. Walking the Divide: A Public Health Journey from Manhattan to Harlem. Current Research in Public Health 2024 3(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jsmhes.2024.1018
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Assari, Gandom, Hossein Zare, and Shervin Assari. 2024. "Walking the Divide: A Public Health Journey from Manhattan to Harlem". Current Research in Public Health 3, no. 1: 7-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jsmhes.2024.1018
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Assari G, Zare H, Assari S. Walking the Divide: A Public Health Journey from Manhattan to Harlem. Current Research in Public Health. 2024; 3(1):7-14. https://doi.org/10.31586/jsmhes.2024.1018 
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