Homicide victims in new orleans: Recent trends

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1130-1136

  Lowry, Philip W ^a,b   Hassig, Susan E ^b,c   Gunn, Robert A ^a   Mathison, Joyce B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cocaine; Homicide; Phencyclidine; Socioeconomic factors; Violence; Whites

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACKS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHENCYCLIDINE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WHITES;

EID: 0023717110     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115055     Document Type: Article

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