Suicide attempts by adolescent latinas: An exploratory study of individual and family correlates

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 357-374

  Turner, Sandra G ^a   Kaplan, Carol P ^a   Zayas, Luis ^a   Ross, Ruth E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Latinas; Mutuality; Suicide Attempts

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644383932     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020270430436     Document Type: Article

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