Prospective psychosocial, interpersonal, and behavioral predictors of handgun carrying among adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 960-965

  Simon, Thomas R ^a,b   Richardson, Jean L ^d   Dent, Clyde W ^d   Chou, Chih Ping ^d   Flay, Brian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031801418     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.6.960     Document Type: Article

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