Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , July 2009

Rates and Correlates of Violent Behaviors Among Adolescents Treated in an Urban Emergency Department

  • Maureen A. Walton, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Maureen A. Walton, M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109.
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  • Rebecca M. Cunningham, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Hurley Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Abby L. Goldstein, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephen T. Chermack, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Marc A. Zimmerman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • C. Raymond Bingham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Jean T. Shope, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Rachel Stanley, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Hurley Medical Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 18 August 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00657-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 77-83 , July 2009

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