Youth exposure to violence: Prevalence, risks, and consequences

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 298-310

  Buka, Stephen L ^a   Stichick, Theresa L ^a   Birdthistle, Isolde ^a   Earls, Felton J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

EID: 0034903824     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.71.3.298     Document Type: Review

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