Suicide and Friendships among American Adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Bearman, Peter S ^a   Moody, James ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042302919     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.1.89     Document Type: Article

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