Street youth mortality: Leaning with intent to fall

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 624-626

  Abdalian, Sue Ellen ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG OVERDOSE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREET YOUTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MORTALITY;

EID: 3242891445     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.5.624     Document Type: Editorial

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