Violent crime and alcohol availability: Relationships in an urban community

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-318

  Speer, Paul W ^a   Gorman, D M ^a   Labouvie, Erich W ^a   Ontkush, Mark J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031794428     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343538     Document Type: Article

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