Modifiable neighborhood features associated with adolescent homicide

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 473-480

  Culyba, Alison J ^a,b   Jacoby, Sara F ^b   Richmond, Therese S ^c   Fein, Joel A ^a   Hohl, Bernadette C ^d   Branas, Charles C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965118928     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4697     Document Type: Article

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