Bullying among adolescents in a sub-Saharan middle-income setting

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-98

  Wilson, Michael L ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b   Viswanathan, Bharathi ^b   Suris, Joan Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bullying; Risk factors; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84862843518     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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