Characteristics of students who bring weapons to school

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-270

  Bailey, Susan L ^a   Flewelling, Robert L ^a   Rosenbaum, Dennis P ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Correlates; School; Weapon carrying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; VICTIM; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030989549     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00283-2     Document Type: Article

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