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Violent death, violent states, and American youth.
DRING the past two decades, more and more young Americans have been dying violent deaths. Although rates for every age group have been rapidly declining since the turn of the century, the death rates for those aged 15-24 have, since 1960, been on the rise. In these years the rate of youths involved in motor vehicle and other accidental deaths has been climbing while suicide and homicide rates h...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.87.6.899