Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , July 2010

Reducing Weapon-Carrying Among Urban American Indian Young People

  • Linda H. Bearinger, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Linda H. Bearinger, Ph.D., M.S., Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of MN, 5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455.
    • ,
  • Sandra L. Pettingell, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Michael D. Resnick, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Sandra J. Potthoff, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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 The contents of the article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.033

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 43-50 , July 2010

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