Youth Homicide Racial Disparities: Gender, Years, and Cause

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 558-566

  Najem, G Reza ^a,b   Aslam, Sharique ^a,c   Davidow, Amy L ^a,b   Elliot, Norbert ^a,d  

^a UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School ^*

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Homicide; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIREARM; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VICTIM; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1842589492     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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