The epidemiology of homicide in Chicago

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 781-787

  Whitman, Steven ^a   Benbow, Nanette ^a   Good, Glenn ^a  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Homicide; Violence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FIREARM; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; POLICE; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CENSUSES; CHICAGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; POLICE; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RECORDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030329350     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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