Suicidal behaviour and risk factors in children and adolescents in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-130

  Pottinger, A M ^a,b   Milbourn, P E ^a,b   Leiba, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Bustamante Hospital for Children   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0042888971     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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