Weapon carrying on school property among middle school students

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-26

  DuRant, Robert H ^a   Krowchuk, Daniel P ^a   Kreiter, Shelley ^a   Sinal, Sara H ^a   Woods, Charles R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032962590     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.1.21     Document Type: Article

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