Sexual orientation and risk of suicide attempts among a representative sample of youth

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-493

  Garofalo, Robert ^a,b   Wolf, R Cameron ^c   Wissow, Lawrence S ^c   Woods, Elizabeth R ^a   Goodman, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JRI/Sidney Borum Jr Health Center   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032949241     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.5.487     Document Type: Article

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