Adolescent suicide attempters in Hong Kong and the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 296-306

  Stewart, Sunita M ^a   Felice, Elizabeth ^a   Claassen, Cindy ^a   Kennard, Betsy D ^a   Lee, Peter W H ^b   Emslie, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent; China; Culture; Depression; Hong Kong; Suicide; USA

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646836924     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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