Somatic complaints in children and community violence exposure

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Bailey, Beth Nordstrom ^a   Delaney Black, Virginia ^b   Hannigan, John H ^c   Ager, Joel ^b   Sokol, Robert J ^c   Covington, Chandice Y ^d  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; Somatic problems; Stress symptoms; Urban children

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; STAB WOUND; STOMACH PAIN; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 27244456843     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200510000-00001     Document Type: Article

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