The 'twinkie defense': The relationship between carbonated non-diet soft drinks and violence perpetration among boston high school students

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-263

  Solnick, Sara J ^a   Hemenway, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864357918     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040117     Document Type: Article

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