Suicide risk factors for young adults: Testing a model across ethnicities

Death Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-340

  Gutierrez, Peter M ^a   Rodriguez, Paul J ^a   Garcia, Patricia ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035014639     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180125994     Document Type: Article

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