The association of ecological variables and psychological distress with exposure to community violence among adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 151, 2003, Pages 459-479

  Rosenthal, Beth Spenciner ^a,c   Wilson, W Cody ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1642369076     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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