The ecology of urban violence: Its relationship to health promotion behaviors in low-income black and latino communities

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 308-317

  Sanders Phillips, Kathy ^a,b,c  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Health Promotion; Latino; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALIENATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTIVATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029878567     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.308     Document Type: Article

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