Weapon carrying among black adolescents: A social network perspective

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1038-1040

  Myers, Gail P ^a   McGrady, Gene A ^a   Marrow, Clementine ^a   Mueller, Charles W ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEAPON;

EID: 0030787933     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1038     Document Type: Article

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