Bullying among school children in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 528-535

  Obrdalj, Edita Černi ^a   Rumboldt, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULLYING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 55949102108     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2008.4.528     Document Type: Article

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