Suicidality and migration among adolescents in Hong Kong

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-66

  Kwan, Y K ^a   Ip, W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751514980     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600993144     Document Type: Article

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