The Experience of Violent Injury for Young African-American Men: The Meaning of Being a "Sucker"

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Rich, John A ^a   Stone, David A ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentional injury; Interpersonal violence; Prevention; Qualitative methods; Sucker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEGRO; STAB WOUND; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0029967789     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02599582     Document Type: Article

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