Poverty, murder, and respect: Unlikely to be linked in UK

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7663, 2008, Pages 189-190

  Awofeso, Niyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LETTER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 48349126531     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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