Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Pickett, William ^a   Craig, Wendy ^a   Harel, Yossi ^b   Cunningham, John ^a   Simpson, Kelly ^a   Molcho, Michal ^b   Mazur, Joanna ^c   Dostaler, Suzanne ^a   Overpeck, Mary D ^d   Currie, Candace E ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Mother and Child Research Institute   (Poland)

^d HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Etiology; Fighting; Injury; Trauma; Violence; Weapon carrying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FIREARM; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644677347     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0607     Document Type: Article

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