Effectiveness of a violence prevention curriculum among children in elementary school: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1605-1611

  Grossman, David C ^a,b,d   Neckerman, Holly J ^b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b   Liu, Ping Yu ^b   Asher, Kenneth N ^b   Beland, Kathy ^c   Frey, Karin ^b,c   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Research Impact   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030915932     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.20.1605     Document Type: Article

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