Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 600-602 , June 2010

Community Violence and Health Risk Factors Among Adolescents on Chicago's Southside: Does Gender Matter?

  • Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D., School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
    • ,
  • Torsten B. Neilands, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 27 June 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00637-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.213

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 600-602 , June 2010

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