The epidemiology of adolescent homicide in North Carolina from 1990 to 1995

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-356

  Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^a   Schoenbach, Victor J ^b   Herman Giddens, Marcia E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032948942     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.4.349     Document Type: Article

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