Youth at risk: Identifying correlates of violence in Bolivia

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-483

  Shaeffer, Zane ^a   Dearden, Kirk A ^b   de La Cruz, Natalie G ^c   Crookston, Benjamin T ^d   Jensen, J Daniel ^a   Rees, Christopher ^a   Quigley, Sean ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Public health; Violence; Weapons; Youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; GLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLUE SNIFFING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 39549088957     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2007.19.4.473     Document Type: Article

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