Suicidal ideation among African-American non-injection drug users

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-115

  Havens, Jennifer R ^a   Ompad, Danielle C ^e   Latkin, Carl A ^c   Fuller, Crystal M ^e,f   Arria, Amelia M ^c,d   Vlahov, David ^e   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Depression; Drug dependence; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 14644439186     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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