Understanding suicide attempts by adolescent Hispanic females

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Zayas, Luis H ^a   Kaplan, Carol ^d   Turner, Sandra ^d   Romano, Kathleen ^b   Gonzalez Ramos, Gladys ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Females; Hispanic; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0033629947     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.1.53     Document Type: Article

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