Who is violent?: Factors associated with aggressive behaviors Latin America and Spain

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 232-244

  Orpinas, Pamela ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; SOCIAL WORK; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032915151     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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