Violent behavior among urban youth attending alternative schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Escobar Chaves, S Liliana ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^a   Markham, Christine ^a   Kelder, Steve H ^a   Kapadia, Asha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036878947     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb03559.x     Document Type: Article

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