Physical fighting among Egyptian adolescents: Social and demographic correlates among a nationally representative sample

PeerJ

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Celedonia, Karen L ^a   Wilson, Michael L ^a   El Gammal, Hanan A ^b   Hagras, Abeer M ^b  

^a PeerCorps Trust Fund   (Tanzania)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Adolescents; School health; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84885094691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.125     Document Type: Article

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