Aboriginal language knowledge and youth suicide

Cognitive Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 392-399

  Hallett, Darcy ^a,b   Chandler, Michael J ^b   Lalonde, Christopher E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Adolescent development; Language; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249000815     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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