FiGHTS: A Preliminary Screening Tool for Adolescent Firearms-Carrying

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 798-807

  Hayes, D Neil ^a   Sege, Robert ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FIREARM; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THREAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345293087     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00722-4     Document Type: Article

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