Suicidality in a venue-based sample of young men who have sex with men

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-310

  Remafedi, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Homosexuality; Sexuality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0036807892     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00405-6     Document Type: Article

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