Gender differences in the suicide-related behaviors of adolescents and young adults

Sex Roles

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 839-854

  Langhinrichsen Rohling, Jennifer ^a,b   Lewinsohn, Peter ^c   Rohde, Paul ^c   Seeley, John ^c   Monson, Candice M ^a   Meyer, Kathryn A ^a   Langford, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032259682     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018824621193     Document Type: Article

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