Suicide ideation in Chinese adolescents

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 230-235

  Hesketh, Therese ^a,b   Ding, Q J ^c   Jenkins, R ^d  

^a China UCL Collaborative Health Proj   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attempted suicide; Depression; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; STUDENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0036935487     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0536-9     Document Type: Article

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