Are adoptees at increased risk for attempting suicide?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-216

  Feigelman, William ^a  

^a NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544384867     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.35.2.206.62873     Document Type: Article

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