Understanding suicide attempts among American Indian adolescents in New Mexico: Modifiable factors related to risk and resiliency

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 435-442

  Chino, Michelle ^a,d   Fullerton Gleason, Lynne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Health Disparities Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; American Indian; Resiliency; Risk factor; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34250693543     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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