Racism and social injustice as determinants of child health: the American Pediatric Society Issue of the Year

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. steven.abman@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard University Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

Steven H Abman et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;88(5):691-693.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01126-6. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. steven.abman@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard University Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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