Community Violence and Health Risk Factors Among Adolescents on Chicago's Southside: Does Gender Matter?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 600-602

  Voisin, Dexter R ^a   Neilands, Torsten B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; HIV risks; Psychological problems; School engagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANG; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77952107606     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.213     Document Type: Article

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