Physical and Emotional Health Problems Experienced by Youth Engaged in Physical Fighting and Weapon Carrying

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Walsh, Sophie D ^a   Molcho, Michal ^b   Craig, Wendy ^c   Harel Fisch, Yossi ^a   Huynh, Quynh ^c   Kukaswadia, Atif ^c   Aasvee, Katrin ^d   Várnai, Dora ^e   Ottova, Veronika ^f   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^f   Pickett, William ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e National Institute of Child Health   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; VIOLENCE; WEAPONS;

EID: 84874339479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056403     Document Type: Article

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