Recent trends in violence-related behaviors among high school students in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 440-446

  Brener, Nancy D ^a,d   Simon, Thomas R ^b   Krug, Etienne G ^b,c   Lowry, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033523237     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.5.440     Document Type: Article

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