Socioeconomic status and bullying: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Tippett, Neil ^a   Wolke, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900992982     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301960     Document Type: Review

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