Violence prevention among African American adolescent males

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Ngwe, Job E ^a   Liu, Li C ^b   Flay, Brian R ^b   Segawa, Eisuke ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African american youth; Mediating variables; Mediation mechanism; Violence reduction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1642526370     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.s1.4     Document Type: Article

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