Variables associated with physical fighting among US high-school students

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b   Siziya, Seter ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149124507     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-4-16     Document Type: Article

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