Region of birth, migration and homicide rates of African Americans

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-207

  Greenberg, Michael ^a,b   Schneider, Dona ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Urban Studs and Comm Hlth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black Americans; Ethnicity; Homicide; Migration; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030725847     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961828     Document Type: Article

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