Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: A national survey

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1046-1051

  Gudlaugsdottir, Gerdur Run ^a   Vilhjalmsson, Runar ^b   Kristjansdottir, Gudrun ^b   Jacobsen, Rune ^a   Meyrowitsch, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Perpetrators; Risk factors; Schoolchildren; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 7244258921     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh190     Document Type: Article

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